Where does “absorptiospektri” come from?
absorptiospektri (Finnish) comes from Finnish absorptio, from Latin absorptiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
absorptiospektri (Finnish): absorption spectrum
Definitions
- absorption spectrum
Ancestry of “absorptiospektri”, step by step
absorptiospektri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish absorptio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | absorptio | absorption |
| 2 | Latin | absorptiō | drink, beverage |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish spektri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | spektri | spectrum |
| 2 | Latin | spectrum | appearance, image; apparition, specter |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |