Where does “пенографит” come from?
пенографит (Russian) comes from Russian графи́т, from German graphit, from German -it, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
пенографит (Russian): expanded/exfoliated graphite
Definitions
- expanded/exfoliated graphite
Ancestry of “пенографит”, step by step
пенографит traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian графи́т
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | графи́т | graphite |
| 2 | German | graphit | graphite form of carbon |
| 3 | German | -it | -ite |
| 4 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 5 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Russian пе́на
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пе́на | foam |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pěna | foam |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *(s)páināˀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)poH(y)- | foam |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |