Where does “paramorph” come from?
paramorph (English) comes from English morph, from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל.
paramorph (English): A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a...
Definitions
- A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a...
Ancestry of “paramorph”, step by step
paramorph traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English morph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | morph | A physical form representing some morpheme in... |
| 2 | English | morphism | An arrow in a category; an abstraction that... |
| 3 | English | isomorphism | Similarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence |
| 4 | English | ISO | The International Organization for Standardization |
| 5 | Greek | ίσος | equal; having equal rights |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἴσος | equal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 8 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 9 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 10 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 11 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 12 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
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 |