Where does “photoinstability” come from?
photoinstability (English) comes from English instability, from Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from Latin instabilis, from Latin stabilis, from Latin stare, from Latin sto, from Proto-Italic staēō.
photoinstability (English): chemical instability in the presence of light
Definitions
- chemical instability in the presence of light
Ancestry of “photoinstability”, step by step
photoinstability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English instability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instability | The quality of being unstable; A state that is... |
| 2 | Middle French | instabilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | instabilitas | unsteadiness, instability |
| 4 | Latin | instabilis | unsteady, unstable, shaky; inconstant,... |
| 5 | Latin | stabilis | That stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure,... |
| 6 | Latin | stare | present active infinitive of stō; stand; to be |
| 7 | Latin | sto | I stand; I stay, remain; I am |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via English photo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photo | A photograph; A photo finish; To take a... |
| 2 | English | photography | The art and technology of producing images on... |
| 3 | French | photographie | photography; photograph |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωτο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |