Where does “isoelectrically” come from?
isoelectrically (English) comes from English isoelectric, from English electric, from English -ally, from English ahistoric, from English historic, from Latin historicus, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία.
isoelectrically (English): At equal electric potential
Definitions
- At equal electric potential
Ancestry of “isoelectrically”, step by step
isoelectrically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English isoelectric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | isoelectric | Having equal electric potential, or the same... |
| 2 | English | electric | Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or... |
| 3 | English | -ally | used with adjectives ending in -ic |
| 4 | English | ahistoric | Synonym of ahistorical |
| 5 | English | historic | Very important; noteworthy: having importance or... |
| 6 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 7 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 13 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via English ally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ally | To unite, or form a connection between, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | allie | The state of having marital or family relations... |
| 3 | Middle English | allien | To ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry... |
| 4 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 5 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 6 | Latin | ligō | hoe, mattock |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |