Where does “radioisotooppi” come from?
radioisotooppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish radio, from Swedish radio, from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-.
radioisotooppi (Finnish): radioisotope
Definitions
- radioisotope
Ancestry of “radioisotooppi”, step by step
radioisotooppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | radio | radio; radio- |
| 2 | Swedish | radio | radio; radio; receiver |
| 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 | — |
via Finnish isotooppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isotooppi | An isotope |
| 2 | English | isotope | Any of two or more forms of an element where the... |
| 3 | English | iso- | equal; forms terms relating to isomers; forms... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῐ̓́σος | equal |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρος | weight, burden, load; grief, sorrow; plenty |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βαρύς | heavy, weighty; heavy, burdensome, oppressive;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷarus | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |