Where does “CMOS” come from?
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- Headword: CMOS (English)
- Known meaning: (unknown)
- Chain: "English C" with no earlier languages listed
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CMOS is an acronym (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), which may require different treatment than inherited words. Could you provide the full chain of languages and available meanings?
CMOS (English): Abbreviation of complementary...
Definitions
- Abbreviation of complementary...
Ancestry of “CMOS”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | c̄ | With |
| 2 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 3 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |