Where does “pseudorapidity” come from?

pseudorapidity (English) comes from English rapidity, from English rapid, from French rapide, from Italian rapido, from Spanish rápido, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

pseudorapidity (English): A measure of the velocity of a particle relative...

Definitions

  1. A measure of the velocity of a particle relative...

Ancestry of “pseudorapidity”, step by step

pseudorapidity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rapidity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrapidityspeed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid; A...
2EnglishrapidVery swift or quick; Steep, changing altitude...
3Frenchrapidefast, rapid; fast; rapidly; quickly; rapid
4Italianrapidoquick, fast, rapid
5Spanishrápidorapid, quick, fast; rapidly, quickly, fast; rapid
6Latinrapidusrapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,...
7Latinrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

via English pseudo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpseudoAn intellectually pretentious person; a...
2Englishpseudo-False, not genuine, fake
3Ancient Greekψευδήςlying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep-