Where does “infrasound” come from?
infrasound (English) comes from English infra-, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infrasound (English): Sound waves having a frequency below the human...
Definitions
- Sound waves having a frequency below the human...
Ancestry of “infrasound”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | infra- | below, beneath, inferior |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | — |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |