Where does “放射能” come from?
放射能 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 放射, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
放射能 (Japanese): radioactivity
Definitions
- radioactivity
Ancestry of “放射能”, step by step
放射能 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 放射
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 放射 | radiation; emission; emit, radiate |
| 2 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 3 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |