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Where does “Hom” come from?

Hom (Translingual) comes from English homomorphism, from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל.

Ancestry of “Hom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomomorphismA structure-preserving map between two algebraic...
2EnglishmorphismAn arrow in a category; an abstraction that...
3EnglishisomorphismSimilarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence
4EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
5Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
6Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
7Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
8Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
9GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
10GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
11GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
12Old High Germandahs—
13Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
14Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
15Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
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