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Where does “unhomogeneousness” come from?

unhomogeneousness (English) comes from English unhomogeneous, from English homogeneous, from Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

unhomogeneousness (English): The quality of not being homogeneous

Definitions

  1. The quality of not being homogeneous

Ancestry of “unhomogeneousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunhomogeneousNot homogeneous
2EnglishhomogeneousOf the same kind; alike, similar; Having the same...
3Medieval Latinhomogeneushomogeneous
4Ancient Greekὁμογενήςof the same race, family or kind
5Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
6Ancient Greekφύλον—
7Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
8Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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