Where does “capacitor” come from?
capacitor (English) comes from English capacity, from Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
capacitor (English): An electronic component capable of storing...
Definitions
- An electronic component capable of storing...
Ancestry of “capacitor”, step by step
capacitor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English capacity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capacity | The ability to hold, receive or absorb; A measure... |
| 2 | Middle English | capacite | Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to... |
| 3 | Old French | capacite | — |
| 4 | Latin | capācitās | capability; capacity |
| 5 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 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 | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |