Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “mechanoluminescence” come from?

mechanoluminescence (English) comes from English luminescence, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

mechanoluminescence (English): The creation of light from mechanical stress

Definitions

  1. The creation of light from mechanical stress

Ancestry of “mechanoluminescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishluminescenceAny emission of light that cannot be attributed...
2Latinlūmen—
3English-escencea specified process or state
4Latin-escens—
5Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →