Where does “noncentrosymmetric” come from?
noncentrosymmetric (English) comes from English centrosymmetric, 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.
noncentrosymmetric (English): Not centrosymmetric
Ancestry of “noncentrosymmetric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | centrosymmetric | Having a centre of symmetry |
| 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 |