Where does “xeroradiogram” come from?
xeroradiogram (English) comes from English radiogram, from English radiotelegram, from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé- — resin.
xeroradiogram (English): An image produced by means of xeroradiography
Definitions
- An image produced by means of xeroradiography
Ancestry of “xeroradiogram”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiogram | A message, like a telegram, transmitted by radio... |
| 2 | English | radiotelegram | A message transmitted by radiotelegraph |
| 3 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 4 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 5 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 6 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 7 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |