Where does “Röntgenspektrographie” come from?
Röntgenspektrographie (German) comes from German Spektrographie, from German Spektrum, from English Spectrum, from Latin spectrum, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.
Röntgenspektrographie (German): X-ray spectrography
Definitions
- X-ray spectrography
Ancestry of “Röntgenspektrographie”, step by step
Röntgenspektrographie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spektrographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spektrographie | — |
| 2 | German | Spektrum | spectrum |
| 3 | English | Spectrum | A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes |
| 4 | Latin | spectrum | appearance, image; apparition, specter |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |