English
virial
Virial comes from Latin vīs ‘power’, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs ‘force, strength’, and ultimately from *weyh₁- ‘to rush’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to rush’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyHs‘force, strength’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīs‘strength, force, power’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīs‘power’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875virial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to rush’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyHs‘force, strength’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīs‘strength, force, power’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīs‘power’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875virial
Earliest quotation: 1875, James Clerk Maxwell, On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of B: “The quantity 1/2 Rr, or half the product of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to rush’
previous, obvious, inevitable, voyage, convey, virtual, envoy, virtue, deviation, venison, wer, virtuous, trivial, trivia, ochre, deviant, virtuoso, viaduct, virility, virile, trivium, obviate, virago, 53 more
through Proto-Italic *wīs ‘strength, force, power’
vengeance, avenge, vindication, 8 more
through Latin vīs ‘power’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / virial