Where does “cmH2O” come from?
cmH2O (Translingual) comes from Translingual cm, from Translingual c-, from English centi-, from French centi-, from Latin centi-, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
Ancestry of “cmH2O”, step by step
cmH2O traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual cm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | cm | — |
| 2 | Translingual | c- | — |
| 3 | English | centi- | API; hundred; one-hundredth; In the International... |
| 4 | French | centi- | centi |
| 5 | Latin | centi- | one hundred-, hundred-; "indicates a count of one... |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Translingual H2O
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | H2O | — |