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Where does “antenna” come from?

Antenna comes from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European temp-, a root of uncertain ultimate meaning.

antenna (English): A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or...

Definitions

  1. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or...

Ancestry of “antenna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
2Proto-Italicantitempnā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “antenna”

  • antennal
  • multiantenna
  • antennular
  • antennule
  • antennaless
  • interantennal
  • antennaed
  • antennalike
  • electroantennogram
  • antennation
  • antenniferous
  • antennate
  • antennogram
  • Antennagate
  • nanoantenna
  • アンテナ
  • 안테나
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