Etymology

dygogram

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Today it means: A chart showing the horizontal variation in the magnetic force acting on a ship's compass needle by the iron within the ship, as a function of course steered Full definition →

English diagram ← French diagramme ← Italian diagramma
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  3. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  4. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  5. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  6. Frenchdynamique
  7. Englishdynamic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gónu
  10. Proto-Hellenic*gonwía
  11. Ancient Greekγωνίᾱ (gōníā)
  12. Englishgonio-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  15. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  16. Englishgoniometer
  17. Englishgoniometric
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  19. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  21. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  22. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  24. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  25. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  26. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă)
  27. Ancient Greekδιάγραμμα (diágramma)
  28. Italiandiagramma
  29. Frenchdiagramme
  30. Englishdiagram
  31. English todaydygogram

Blend of dynamic + goniometric + diagram.

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