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diaphanometer
Diaphanometer comes from Ancient Greek διαφανής ‘transparent’, from δῐᾰφαίνω ‘to shine’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂-n-yé-tireconstructedthematic yé-present of *bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνω‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰφαίνω‘to shine’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαφανήςdiaphanḗs‘transparent’
- Englishtodaydiaphanometer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂-n-yé-tireconstructedthematic yé-present of *bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνω‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰφαίνω‘to shine’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαφανήςdiaphanḗs‘transparent’
- Englishtodaydiaphanometer
Formed from -meter
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
phone, focus, professor, famous, fuel, ben, favor, favourite, ban, fate, fame, profession, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, photographer, abandon, confession, infant, confess, beacon, beck, symphony, boon, eff, fab, fay, fable, bane, buoy, nefarious, prophetic, foyer, profess, banish, bene, infamy, banal, prophesy, 115 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
through Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’
fantasy, fancy, emphasis, phenomenon, phantom, epiphany, fantasia, phenol, phenomenology, tryptophan, phenom, phantasm, 41 more
Today it means
noun An instrument for measuring the transparency of a fluid, such as a Secchi disk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / diaphanometer