Etymograph

English

kosmotropic

Kosmotropic comes from Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘order’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, put in order’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱónsmosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kónsmosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόσμος‘order’
  5. Englishtodaykosmotropic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, put in order’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱónsmosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kónsmosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόσμος‘order’
  5. Englishtodaykosmotropic

Formed from κόσμος ‘order’ + -tropic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, put in order’

census, charm, censor, censure, 10 more

through Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos

cosmic, cosmetics, 4 more

through Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘order’

cosmetic, cosmos, cosmology, cosmetology, 6 more

Today it means

adj Describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- / kosmotropic

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