Where does “hypervelocity” come from?
hypervelocity (English) comes from English velocity, from Middle French vélocité, from Latin vēlōcitās, from Latin vēlōx, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
hypervelocity (English): A very high velocity; A hypersonic velocity; a...
Definitions
- A very high velocity; A hypersonic velocity; a...
Ancestry of “hypervelocity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | velocity | A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change... |
| 2 | Middle French | vélocité | — |
| 3 | Latin | vēlōcitās | — |
| 4 | Latin | vēlōx | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |