Where does “radonmittaus” come from?
radonmittaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish radon, from English radon, from English emanation, from Latin emanatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
radonmittaus (Finnish): radon measurement
Definitions
- radon measurement
Ancestry of “radonmittaus”, step by step
radonmittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish radon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | radon | radon |
| 2 | English | radon | The chemical element with atomic number 86. It... |
| 3 | English | emanation | The act of flowing or proceeding from a source... |
| 4 | Latin | emanatio | emanation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish mittaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittaus | measurement |
| 2 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |