Where does “monoclinic” come from?
Monoclinic comes from French monoclinique, from Ancient Greek μονο- and κλίνειν meaning to lean or recline, with the adjective suffix -ικός.
monoclinic (English): Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular...
Definitions
- Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular...
Ancestry of “monoclinic”, step by step
monoclinic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clinic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clinic | A medical facility, such as a hospital,... |
| 2 | French | clinique | clinical; clinic |
| 3 | Latin | clinicus | a physician who tends to patients who are... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλινικός | of or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via French monoclinique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | monoclinique | monoclinic (having three unequal axes) |