Where does “radioastronomia” come from?
radioastronomia (Polish) comes from Polish radio, from French radio, from French radiotélégraphiste, from French télégraphiste, from French télégraphe, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
radioastronomia (Polish): radio astronomy
Definitions
- radio astronomy
Ancestry of “radioastronomia”, step by step
radioastronomia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | radio | radio; radio station |
| 2 | French | radio | radio, tuner |
| 3 | French | radiotélégraphiste | radiotelegraphist |
| 4 | French | télégraphiste | telegraphist |
| 5 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via Polish astronomia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | astronomia | astronomy |
| 2 | Latin | astronomia | astronomy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀστρονομία | astronomy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄστρον | A celestial body |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀστήρ | a celestial body; illustrious person; starfish |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | astḗr | star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |