Where does “vortensity” come from?
vortensity (English) comes from English density, from Middle French densité, from Old French dempsité, from Latin densitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
vortensity (English): The ratio of vorticity to density of a rotating...
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- The ratio of vorticity to density of a rotating...
Ancestry of “vortensity”, step by step
vortensity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English density
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | density | A measure of the mass of matter contained by a... |
| 2 | Middle French | densité | — |
| 3 | Old French | dempsité | — |
| 4 | Latin | densitas | thickness; density; abundance |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English vorticity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vorticity | A property of a fluid flow related to local... |
| 2 | English | vortex | A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving... |
| 3 | Latin | vortex | whirlpool, eddy, vortex |
| 4 | Latin | vortō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |