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
collimator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collimate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to make straight or perpendicular |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
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 | — |