Where does “nonaxisymmetric” come from?
nonaxisymmetric (English) comes from English axisymmetric, from English symmetric, from English symmetry, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία, from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
nonaxisymmetric (English): Not axisymmetric
Definitions
- Not axisymmetric
Ancestry of “nonaxisymmetric”, step by step
nonaxisymmetric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English axisymmetric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | axisymmetric | Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting... |
| 2 | English | symmetric | Symmetrical; Of a relation "R" on a set "S", such... |
| 3 | English | symmetry | Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing... |
| 4 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |