Where does “stereothreshold” come from?
stereothreshold (English) comes from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
stereothreshold (English): A threshold of stereoscopic acuity (below which no depth information is visible)
Definitions
- A threshold of stereoscopic acuity (below which no depth information is visible)
Ancestry of “stereothreshold”, step by step
stereothreshold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English threshold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | threshold | The bottom-most part of a doorway that one... |
| 2 | Middle English | threschwolde | A door-sill; the bottom board of a door; An... |
| 3 | Old English | þresċold | doorsill, entryway |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þreskwaþluz | threshold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |