Where does “unsymmetry” come from?
unsymmetry (English) comes from English symmetry, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία, from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
unsymmetry (English): Lack of symmetry
Ancestry of “unsymmetry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | symmetry | Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing... |
| 2 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |