Where does “hysteresis” come from?
Hysteresis comes from Ancient Greek ὑστέρησις, derived from the verb ὑστερέω, from the adjective ὕστερος meaning "later" or "coming behind," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European údteros with the comparative suffix -teros.
hysteresis (English): A property of a system such that an output value...
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- A property of a system such that an output value...
Ancestry of “hysteresis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ὑστέρησις | Synonym of ὑστέρημᾰ |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὑστερέω | be behind, be later, come after, come late; come... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὕστερος | latter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | údteros | higher, outer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
Words derived from “hysteresis”