Where does “радиомаяк” come from?
радиомаяк (Russian) comes from Russian ра́дио, from German Radio, from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé- — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
радиомаяк (Russian): radio beacon
Definitions
- radio beacon
Ancestry of “радиомаяк”, step by step
радиомаяк traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ра́дио
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ра́дио | radio, tuner |
| 2 | German | Radio | radio technology that allows broadcasters to transmit audio programs; such programs |
| 3 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 4 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 5 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 6 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 7 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |