Where does “scintillation” come from?
Scintillation comes from Latin scintillātiō, derived from scintillāre, meaning to sparkle, from scintilla, a spark, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-, to cut.
scintillation (English): A flash of light; a spark; The twinkling of a...
Definitions
- A flash of light; a spark; The twinkling of a...
Ancestry of “scintillation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ion | an action or process, or the result of an action... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀπόγειον | apogee, greatest distance from the Earth |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “scintillation”
- scintigraphy
- scintigraphic
- lymphoscintigraphy
- scintigram
- lymphoscintigraphic
- cholescintigraphy
- scintigraphically
- immunoscintigraphy
- radioimmunoscintigraphy
- cholescintigraphic
- microscintillation
- scintilație
- gastroscintigraphy
- mammoscintigraphy
- sialoscintigraphy
- tomoscintigraphy
- tomoscintigraphic
- scintigrafic
- lymphoscintigraphically