polytechnic=البوليتكنيك

polytechnic=البوليتكنيك

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polytechnic

1805, from Fr. École Polytechnique, engineering school founded 1794 (as École des Travaux publics) in Paris; from Gk. polytekhnos "skilled in many arts," from polys "many" (see poly-) + tekhne "art" (see techno-).

poly-

word-forming element meaning "many, much," from Gk. poly-, combining form of polys "much" (plural polloi); cognate with L. plus, from PIE root *ple- (cf. Skt. purvi "much," prayah "mostly;" Avestan perena-, O.Pers. paru "much;" Gk. plethos "people, multitude, great number," pleres "full," polys "much, plenty," ploutos "wealth," plethein "be full;" Lith. pilus "full, abundant;" O.C.S. plunu; Goth. filu "much," O.N. fjöl-, O.E. fela, feola "much, many;" O.E. folgian; O.Ir. lan, Welsh llawn "full;" O.Ir. il, Welsh elu "much"), probably related to root *pele- "to spread." In chemical names, usually indicating a compound with a large number of atoms or molecules of the same kind (cf. polymer).

word-forming element, from Gk. tekhno-, combining form of tekhne "art, skill, craft, method, system," probably from PIE root *tek- "shape, make" (cf. Skt. taksan "carpenter," L. texere "to weave;" see texture).

niobium=النيوبيوم

niobium=النيوبيوم

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niobium

named by German scientist Heinrich Rose, who discovered it in 1844 in the mineral tantalum; so called because in Greek mythology Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus.

Niobe

in Greek mythology, daughter of Tantalus, changed to stone while weeping for her children (slain, after she boasted of them too much, by Artemis and Apollo); hence the name is used figuratively for bereavement and woe.

Tantalus=تنتالوس ملك أسطوري

Tantalus=تنتالوس ملك أسطوري

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Tantalus

Gk. Tantalos, king of Phrygia, perhaps lit. "the Bearer" or "the Sufferer," by dissimilation from *tal-talos, a reduplication of PIE root *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry, support" (see extol). Cf. tantalize.

tantalize (v.)

1590s, from L. Tantalus, from Gk. Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink. His story was known to Chaucer (c.1369).

Peritonitis=التهاب البريتون

Peritonitis=التهاب البريتون

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peritonitis (n.)

1776, medical Latin, coined c.1750 by French pathologist François-Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767) from Gk. peritonos (from peritonaion; see peritoneum) + -itis.

peritoneum=البريتوني

peritoneum=البريتوني

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

peritoneum (n.)

early 15c., from L.L. peritonaeum, from Gk. peritonaion "abdominal membrane," lit. "part stretched over," noun use of neuter of peritonaios "stretched over," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + teinein "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Peritoneal.

Tetanus=التيتانوس

Tetanus=التيتانوس

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

tetanus (n.)

late 14c., from L. tetanus, from Gk. Tetanos/τέτανος "muscular spasm," lit. "a stretching, tension," from teinein/τείνειν-τείνω "to stretch" (see tenet); so called because the disease is characterized by violent spasms and stiffness of muscles.

WIKIPEDIA:

Tetanus (from Ancient Greek: τέτανος tetanos "taut", and τείνειν teinein "to stretch")[1]is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers.