Where does “nongraphitizable” come from?
nongraphitizable (English) comes from English graphitizable, from English graphitize, from English graphite, from German graphit, from German -it, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
nongraphitizable (English): That cannot easily be converted into graphite
Definitions
- That cannot easily be converted into graphite
Ancestry of “nongraphitizable”, step by step
nongraphitizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English graphitizable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | graphitizable | Able to be converted to graphite |
| 2 | English | graphitize | To convert to graphite; To coat with graphite |
| 3 | English | graphite | An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of... |
| 4 | German | graphit | graphite form of carbon |
| 5 | German | -it | -ite |
| 6 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 7 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |