Where does “Graphitrohr” come from?

Graphitrohr (German) comes from German graphit, from German -it, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Graphitrohr (German): graphite tube / furnace

Definitions

  1. graphite tube / furnace

Ancestry of “Graphitrohr”, step by step

Graphitrohr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German graphit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangraphitgraphite form of carbon
2German-it-ite
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
4Latin-īta
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German Rohr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRohrduct, pipe, tube; blowpipe; cane
2Middle High Germanrōr
3Old High Germanrōrpipe
4Proto-Germanicrauząpipe, reed, shaft, tube; reed, rush
5Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Words derived from “Graphitrohr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós