Where does “maglev” come from?
maglev (Finnish) comes from English maglev, from English levitation, from Latin levitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
maglev (Finnish): maglev magnetic levitation train
Definitions
- maglev magnetic levitation train
Ancestry of “maglev”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maglev | Describing a train, system, etc, that operates by... |
| 2 | English | levitation | The raising of something, such as a body, without... |
| 3 | Latin | levitās | levity, lightness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |