combustion
/kəmˈbʌstʃən/kuhm-BUHS-chuhn
/kəmˈbʌstʃən/kuhm-BUHS-chuhn
Meaninga burning up
Common meaning: burning
- comwith, together
- bustto burnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1936 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘with, together’ + ‘to burn’ → combustion
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ūrō ‘to burn’.
Roots
- ūrō, ussī, ustum Latin “to burn”
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