Where does “Zylinderkoordinatensystem” come from?

Zylinderkoordinatensystem (German) comes from German Koordinatensystem, from German System, from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Zylinderkoordinatensystem (German): cylindrical coordinate system

Definitions

  1. cylindrical coordinate system

Ancestry of “Zylinderkoordinatensystem”, step by step

Zylinderkoordinatensystem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Koordinatensystem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKoordinatensystemcoordinate system
2GermanSystemsystem; period
3Latinsystēmasystem
4Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
5Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via German Zylinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZylindercylinder; top hat
2Latincylindruscylinder; a roller; a cylindrical stone for...
3Ancient Greekκύλινδροςround stone, tumbler, marble; roller, cylinder;...
4Ancient GreekκυλίνδωI roll, turn over
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥
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