Where does “Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie” come from?
Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie (German) comes from German Atom, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie (German): atomic absorption spectrometry
Definitions
- atomic absorption spectrometry
Ancestry of “Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie”, step by step
Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Atom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Atom | atom |
| 2 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via German Absorption
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Absorption | absorption (act or process of absorbing, either liquid or light) |
via German Spektrometrie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spektrometrie | spectrometry |