Where does “collimator” come from?
Collimator comes from English collimate, from Latin collimo, from Latin collineo meaning to aim at, from Latin lineo, from Latin linea meaning line, from Latin linum meaning flax, from Proto-Indo-European līno-.
collimator (English): An optical device that generates a parallel beam...
Definitions
- An optical device that generates a parallel beam...
Ancestry of “collimator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | collimate | To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust... |
| 2 | Latin | collimo | I direct in a straight line |
| 3 | Latin | collineo | I direct in a straight line |
| 4 | Latin | līneō | — |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “collimator”