Where does “semiradiate” come from?
semiradiate (English) comes from English radiate, from French radial, from German radial, from Italian radiale, from Spanish radial, from Spanish radio, from French radium, from French radioactif — deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
semiradiate (English): Somewhat or partly radiate
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly radiate
Ancestry of “semiradiate”, step by step
semiradiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiate | To extend, send or spread out from a center like... |
| 2 | French | radial | radial |
| 3 | German | radial | radial; radially |
| 4 | Italian | radiale | radial; radial, radial tire; radial, radius bone |
| 5 | Spanish | radial | radial; of or pertaining to radio; radian |
| 6 | Spanish | radio | radio; radius; radium |
| 7 | French | radium | radium |
| 8 | French | radioactif | radioactive |
| 9 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 10 | Old French | actif | active |
| 11 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |