Where does “aerogenerator” come from?
aerogenerator (English) comes from English generator, from English generate, from Latin generō, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
aerogenerator (English): A generator powered by wind
Definitions
- A generator powered by wind
Ancestry of “aerogenerator”, step by step
aerogenerator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English generator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | generator | One who, or that which, generates, begets,... |
| 2 | English | generate | To bring into being; give rise to; To produce as... |
| 3 | Latin | generō | to bring to life, to confer life upon: to beget, to breed, to father, to impregnate, to procreate, to sire |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |