Where does “channelizer” come from?
channelizer (English) comes from English channelize, from English Channel, from English chainwale, from English chain, from English blockchain, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
channelizer (English): Any device or algorithm that selects a specific...
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- Any device or algorithm that selects a specific...
Ancestry of “channelizer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | channelize | To form a channel, especially by deepening or... |
| 2 | English | Channel | — |
| 3 | English | chainwale | Obsolete spelling of channel |
| 4 | English | chain | A series of interconnected rings or links usually... |
| 5 | English | blockchain | A shared record of past transactions in a... |
| 6 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 7 | French | Bloc | — |
| 8 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 9 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 10 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 11 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 12 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | — |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |