Where does “capacitatively” come from?
capacitatively (English) comes from English capacitative, from English capacitive, from English capacity, from Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
capacitatively (English): In a capacitive manner
Definitions
- In a capacitive manner
Ancestry of “capacitatively”, step by step
capacitatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English capacitative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capacitative | Alternative form of capacitive |
| 2 | English | capacitive | Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance |
| 3 | English | capacity | The ability to hold, receive or absorb; A measure... |
| 4 | Middle English | capacite | Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to... |
| 5 | Old French | capacite | — |
| 6 | Latin | capācitās | capability; capacity |
| 7 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |