Where does “asymmetrinen” come from?
asymmetrinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish A, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
asymmetrinen (Finnish): asymmetric
Definitions
- asymmetric
Ancestry of “asymmetrinen”, step by step
asymmetrinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | A | Abbreviation of approbatur |
| 2 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 3 | English | avie | emulously |
| 4 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 5 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 6 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 7 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish symmetrinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | symmetrinen | symmetric |
| 2 | English | symmetric | Symmetrical; Of a relation "R" on a set "S", such... |
| 3 | English | symmetry | Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing... |
| 4 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |