English
convection
Convection comes from Latin convectiōnem.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvectiōnem
- Englishearliest quotation 2012convection
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvectiōnem
- Englishearliest quotation 2012convection
Earliest quotation: 2012, Chinle Miller: “The mantle is important to our discussion in that…”
Equivalent to convect + -ion
Every English word from Latin convectiōnem
Today it means
noun The process of conveying something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin convectiōnem / convection