Where does “spiegelsymmetrisch” come from?
spiegelsymmetrisch (German) comes from German symmetrisch, from French symétrique, from French symétrie, from German Symmetrie, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία, from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
spiegelsymmetrisch (German): mirror-symmetric
Definitions
- mirror-symmetric
Ancestry of “spiegelsymmetrisch”, step by step
spiegelsymmetrisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German symmetrisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | symmetrisch | symmetrical, symmetric |
| 2 | French | symétrique | symmetric, symmetrical |
| 3 | French | symétrie | symmetry |
| 4 | German | Symmetrie | symmetry |
| 5 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
via German spiegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spiegel | inflection of spiegeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | spiegel | mirror |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spiagal | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 6 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 7 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |