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

  1. entropy

Ancestry of “энтропия”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianэнтропи́яentropy (term in thermodynamics)
2GermanEntropieentropy
3Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή