Where does “энтропия” come from?
энтропия (Kazakh) comes from Russian энтропи́я, from German Entropie, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
энтропия (Kazakh): entropy
Definitions
- entropy
Ancestry of “энтропия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | энтропи́я | entropy (term in thermodynamics) |
| 2 | German | Entropie | entropy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |