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Where does “radio-” come from?

radio- (French) comes from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

radio- (French): radio-

Definitions

  1. radio-

Ancestry of “radio-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
2English-án—
3Middle English-an—

Words derived from “radio-”

  • radiant
  • radioactive
  • radiating
  • radiate
  • radiator
  • radium
  • radioactivity
  • radiantly
  • radioactively
  • nonradioactive
  • triradiate
  • reradiate
  • nonradiating
  • superradiant
  • radiately
  • eradiate
  • unradiant
  • subradiant
  • radiateth
  • nonradioactivity
  • multiradiate
  • tetraradiate
  • pentaradiate
  • octoradiate
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