Where does “gyrolayer” come from?
gyrolayer (English) comes from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid, from English -oid — to see, to look, to observe.
gyrolayer (English): A specific layer of a gyroresonant fluid object
Definitions
- A specific layer of a gyroresonant fluid object
Ancestry of “gyrolayer”, step by step
gyrolayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English layer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | layer | A single thickness of some material covering a... |
| 2 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 3 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 4 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 5 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 6 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 7 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 8 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 9 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 10 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 12 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 13 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 17 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |