Where does “layerwise” come from?

layerwise (English) comes from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid, from English cellulose — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

layerwise (English): One layer at a time

Definitions

  1. One layer at a time

Ancestry of “layerwise”, step by step

layerwise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English layer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlayerA single thickness of some material covering a...
2EnglishlayTo place down in a position of rest, or in a...
3EnglishLeefor someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag)
4IrishLaoilay, song
5Middle Irishláed
6EnglishloidA lock-picking tool made from a piece of...
7EnglishcelluloidAny of a variety of thermoplastics created from...
8EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
9Frenchcellulosecellulose
10Frenchcellulecell; table cell
11Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
12Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
13Proto-Italic-olos
14Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
15Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
16Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English wise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of...
2Middle Englishwyswise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...
3Old Englishwīswise
4Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cellula