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Where does “seismic” come from?

seismic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

seismic (English): Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other...

Definitions

  1. Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other...

Ancestry of “seismic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “seismic”

  • seismicity
  • seismically
  • coseismic
  • teleseismic
  • macroseismic
  • microseismic
  • aseismic
  • postseismic
  • interseismic
  • paleoseismic
  • helioseismic
  • asteroseismic
  • microseismicity
  • paleoseismicity
  • preseismic
  • antiseismic
  • nonseismic
  • paraseismic
  • vibroseis
  • aseismically
  • isoseismic
  • anaseismic
  • astroseismicity
  • astroseismic
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