Where does “paramagnetoelectric” come from?
paramagnetoelectric (English) comes from English magnetoelectric, from English electric, from English -ally, from English ahistoric, from English historic, from Latin historicus, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία.
paramagnetoelectric (English): Describing the effect of an electric field on...
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Ancestry of “paramagnetoelectric”, step by step
paramagnetoelectric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English magnetoelectric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | magnetoelectric | Of or pertaining to magnetoelectricity |
| 2 | English | electric | Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or... |
| 3 | English | -ally | used with adjectives ending in -ic |
| 4 | English | ahistoric | Synonym of ahistorical |
| 5 | English | historic | Very important; noteworthy: having importance or... |
| 6 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 7 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 13 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via English Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |