Where does “pseudomorphism” come from?
pseudomorphism (English) comes from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel — to sire, beget.
pseudomorphism (English): The state of having, or the property of taking, a...
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- The state of having, or the property of taking, a...
Ancestry of “pseudomorphism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | morphism | An arrow in a category; an abstraction that... |
| 2 | English | isomorphism | Similarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence |
| 3 | English | ISO | A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also... |
| 4 | Greek | ίσος | equal; having equal rights |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἴσος | equal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 7 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 8 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 9 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 10 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 11 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |