Where does “kaarevuuskeskipiste” come from?
kaarevuuskeskipiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskipiste, from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kaarevuuskeskipiste (Finnish): center of curvature
Ancestry of “kaarevuuskeskipiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | keskipiste | centre/center point, midpoint |
| 2 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |