Where does “bioamplifier” come from?
bioamplifier (English) comes from English amplifier, from English amplify, from Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from Latin amplifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.
bioamplifier (English): Any device used to amplify biosignals
Definitions
- Any device used to amplify biosignals
Ancestry of “bioamplifier”, step by step
bioamplifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amplifier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amplifier | Anything that amplifies, or makes something... |
| 2 | English | amplify | To render larger, more extended, or more intense;... |
| 3 | Middle English | amplifiyen | To amplify, embiggen, or heighten |
| 4 | Old French | amplifier | — |
| 5 | Latin | amplificare | present active infinitive of amplificō;... |
| 6 | Latin | amplifico | I enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify;... |
| 7 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 8 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English Bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bio | Abbreviation of biology |
| 2 | English | biology | The study of all life or living matter; The... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |