Where does “accelerator” come from?
Accelerator comes from Latin acceleratus, the past participle of accelero, meaning to hasten, formed from the prefix ad- and a root related to Proto-Indo-European ád and kel-, ultimately connected to Proto-Italic -os.
accelerator (English): One who, or that which, accelerates; A device for...
Definitions
- One who, or that which, accelerates; A device for...
Ancestry of “accelerator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | accelerate | To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion... |
| 2 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “accelerator”