Where does “agrophotovoltaics” come from?
agrophotovoltaics (English) comes from English photovoltaics, from English photovoltaic, from English Voltaic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
agrophotovoltaics (English): The use of land for farming and photovoltaic energy production at the same time
Definitions
- The use of land for farming and photovoltaic energy production at the same time
Ancestry of “agrophotovoltaics”, step by step
agrophotovoltaics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English photovoltaics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photovoltaics | The technology of the conversion of sunlight into... |
| 2 | English | photovoltaic | Producing a voltage when exposed to light |
| 3 | English | Voltaic | Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work;... |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English agro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agro | angry |
| 2 | Italian | agro | sour, vinegary; countryside around a town |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 4 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 5 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |