Where does “isoabsorptive” come from?
isoabsorptive (English) comes from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund, from German Dachs — to sire, beget.
isoabsorptive (English): Equally absorptive
Definitions
- Equally absorptive
Ancestry of “isoabsorptive”, step by step
isoabsorptive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ISO
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ISO | The International Organization for Standardization |
| 2 | Greek | ίσος | equal; having equal rights |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἴσος | equal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to) |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 5 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 6 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 7 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 8 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 9 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English absorptive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absorptive | Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or... |
| 2 | English | absorb | To include so that it no longer has separate... |
| 3 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 4 | Latin | absorbeō | to swallow down, devour |
| 5 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |