Where does “heliophobic” come from?
heliophobic (English) comes from English phobic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
heliophobic (English): averse to sunlight
Definitions
- averse to sunlight
Ancestry of “heliophobic”, step by step
heliophobic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phobic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phobic | Relating to a phobia; Experiencing or expressing... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English helio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | helio | A heliotrope |
| 2 | English | heliotrope | A plant that turns so that it faces the sun; A... |
| 3 | French | héliotrope | heliotrope |
| 4 | Latin | heliotropium | heliotrope |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἡλιοτρόπιον | heliotrope; sundial, solar clock; bloodstone, a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |