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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

  1. expanded/exfoliated graphite

Ancestry of “пенографит”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianграфи́тgraphite
2Germangraphit—
3German-it-ite
4French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
5Latin-īta—
6Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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