Where does “Feinstrukturkonstante” come from?

Feinstrukturkonstante (German) comes from German Feinstruktur, from German Struktur, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Feinstrukturkonstante (German): fine-structure constant

Definitions

  1. fine-structure constant

Ancestry of “Feinstrukturkonstante”, step by step

Feinstrukturkonstante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Feinstruktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeinstrukturfine structure
2GermanStrukturstructure
3Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
4Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
5Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Konstante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKonstanteconstant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew- →