Etymograph

English

equidimensionally

Equidimensionally comes from English equidimensional.

  1. English1500–presentequidimensional
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988equidimensionally

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. English1500–presentequidimensional
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988equidimensionally

Earliest quotation: 1988, Faith Vilas, Clark R. Chapman: “Proportional crater growth depicts a crater that enlarges equidimensionally…”

A compound of equi- + dimension + -al + dimensional

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior ‘to measure or estimate’

Latin dīmētior ‘to measure (out or off)’

Latin dīmēnsiō ‘measuring (out)’

English dimension

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior ‘to measure or estimate’

Latin dīmētior ‘to measure (out or off)’

Latin dīmēnsiō ‘measuring (out)’

English dimension

English dimensional

Today it means

adv In an equidimensional way; with respect to the property of equidimensionality.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English equidimensional / equidimensionally