Where does “polarization” come from?
Polarization derives from French polarisation, formed with the French suffix -ation from Old French -ation, ultimately from Latin -atio and -tio, traced to Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis.
polarization (English): the production or the condition of polarity; the...
Definitions
- the production or the condition of polarity; the...
Ancestry of “polarization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | polarisation | polarization, polarisation |
| 2 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 3 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 4 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “polarization”
- depolarization
- repolarization
- hyperpolarization
- polariton
- afterdepolarization
- bipolarization
- polaritonic
- eigenpolarization
- prepolarization
- millipolarization
- mispolarization
- multipolarization
- overpolarization
- nanopolariton
- magnetopolariton
- dipolariton
- afterhyperpolarization
- photodepolarization
- photohyperpolarization
- polaritonics
- postrepolarization