Where does “stereoelectric” come from?
stereoelectric (English) comes from English electric, from English -ally, from English ahistoric, from English historic, from Latin historicus, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω.
stereoelectric (English): Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity...
Ancestry of “stereoelectric”, step by step
stereoelectric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English electric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electric | Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or... |
| 2 | English | -ally | used with adjectives ending in -ic |
| 3 | English | ahistoric | Synonym of ahistorical |
| 4 | English | historic | Very important; noteworthy: having importance or... |
| 5 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 6 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 12 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via English stereo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 2 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 3 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 4 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |