Where does “rotamer” come from?
rotamer (English) comes from English isomer, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund — to sire, beget.
rotamer (English): any of a set of conformers that arise from...
Definitions
- any of a set of conformers that arise from...
Ancestry of “rotamer”, step by step
rotamer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English isomer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | isomer | Any of two or more compounds with the same... |
| 2 | English | ISO | The International Organization for Standardization |
| 3 | Greek | ίσος | equal; having equal rights |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἴσος | equal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 6 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 7 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 8 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 9 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 10 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English rotation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rotation | The act of turning around a centre or an axis; A... |
| 2 | Latin | rotatio | rotation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |