Where does “pentactinal” come from?
pentactinal (English) comes from English pent, from English pen, from English penetration, from Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, from Latin penetrātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pentactinal (English): Having five rays
Definitions
- Having five rays
Ancestry of “pentactinal”, step by step
pentactinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pent | Confinement; concealment; Confined in a pen,... |
| 2 | English | pen | An enclosure used to contain domesticated... |
| 3 | English | penetration | The act of penetrating something; Specifically,... |
| 4 | Middle English | penetracioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | penetracïon | penetration (act, instance of penetrating) |
| 6 | Latin | penetrātiō | piercing, penetration |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English actinal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actinal | Pertaining to the side or surface around the... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |