Where does “aéroélasticité” come from?
aéroélasticité (French) comes from French élasticité, from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός, from Ancient Greek ἐλατός, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
aéroélasticité (French): aeroelasticity
Ancestry of “aéroélasticité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | élasticité | elasticity |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαστός | ductile, flexible |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐλατός | ductile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |