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Where does “radiation” come from?

Radiation comes from Latin radiatio, meaning the act of shining or radiating.

radiation (English): The shooting forth of anything from a point or...

Definitions

  1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or...

Ancestry of “radiation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinradiatioglittering, shining, radiation
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “radiation”

  • rad
  • chemoradiation
  • radiationless
  • radiational
  • reradiation
  • antiradiation
  • megarad
  • superradiation
  • radness
  • antirad
  • radiationally
  • microrad
  • kilorad
  • radiationproof
  • radiationlike
  • gigarad
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