Where does “Röntgencomputertomographie” come from?
Röntgencomputertomographie (German) comes from German Computertomographie, from German computer, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Röntgencomputertomographie (German): X-ray computed tomography
Definitions
- X-ray computed tomography
Ancestry of “Röntgencomputertomographie”, step by step
Röntgencomputertomographie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Computertomographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Computertomographie | computed tomography |
| 2 | German | computer | computer programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations, logical operations, and usually also data retrieval/storage |
| 3 | English | computer | A person employed to perform computations; one... |
| 4 | English | compute | To reckon or calculate; To make sense;... |
| 5 | French | computer | to compute |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |