Etymology

nucleosynthesis

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Today it means: Any of several processes that lead to the synthesis of heavier atomic nuclei. Full definition →

English synthesis ← Latin synthesis ← Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis)
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  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  10. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  11. Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  14. Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
  15. Ancient Greekσῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)
  16. Ancient Greekσύνθεσις (súnthesis)
  17. Latinsynthesis
  18. Englishsynthesis
  19. English todaynucleosynthesis

From nucleo- + synthesis.

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