Where does “amperage” come from?
Amperage derives from English ampere plus the French suffix -age, ultimately from Latin -aticum and -aticus, which trace to Proto-Indo-European -kos and -eh₂tos.
amperage (English): The electric current; charge transmitted per unit...
Definitions
- The electric current; charge transmitted per unit...
Ancestry of “amperage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ampère | Alternative spelling of ampere |
| 2 | French | Ampère | known for |
| 3 | Occitan | emperi | empire |
| 4 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 5 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |