Where does “энтропи́я” come from?
энтропи́я (Russian) comes from German Entropie, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
энтропи́я (Russian): entropy (term in thermodynamics)
Definitions
- entropy (term in thermodynamics)
Ancestry of “энтропи́я”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Entropie | entropy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “энтропи́я”