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Where does “coronographe” come from?

coronographe (French) comes from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

coronographe (French): coronagraph

Definitions

  1. coronagraph

Ancestry of “coronographe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-graphe-graph; -grapher
2Latin-graphus—
3Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
4Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
5Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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