Where does “Molekularstrahlepitaxie” come from?

Molekularstrahlepitaxie (German) comes from German strahl, from Middle High German strāle, from Old High German strāla, from Proto-Germanic *strālu, from Proto-Indo-European strēl-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Molekularstrahlepitaxie (German): molecular beam epitaxy

Definitions

  1. molecular beam epitaxy

Ancestry of “Molekularstrahlepitaxie”, step by step

Molekularstrahlepitaxie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German strahl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstrahlbeam, ray (e.g. of light)
2Middle High Germanstrālearrow, beam
3Old High Germanstrālaarrow, lightning bolt
4Proto-Germanic*strālu
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrēl-arrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German molekular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmolekularmolecular
2Frenchmoléculairemolecular
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Epitaxie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEpitaxieepitaxy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-Indo-European strēl-Every word from Proto-Germanic *strālu
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