Where does “intercalibration” come from?
intercalibration (English) comes from English calibration, from English calibrate, from English caliber, from French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic قَالِب, from Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ, from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
intercalibration (English): The act of intercalibrating
Definitions
- The act of intercalibrating
Ancestry of “intercalibration”, step by step
intercalibration traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English calibration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calibration | The act of calibrating something |
| 2 | English | calibrate | To check or adjust by comparison with a standard;... |
| 3 | English | caliber | Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically... |
| 4 | French | calibre | calibre; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Italian | calibro | caliber, bore; callipers; template |
| 6 | Arabic | قَالِب | form, mold; form, mould; mold |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܩܠܒܝܕ | last |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | καλοπόδιον | shoemaker's last |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κᾱλόπους | shoemaker's last |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |