Where does “alternator” come from?
Alternator comes from English alternate, from Latin alterno meaning to make other or change by turns, ultimately from Latin alter meaning other and ad meaning to.
alternator (English): An electric generator which produces alternating...
Definitions
- An electric generator which produces alternating...
Ancestry of “alternator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ‐or | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “alternator”