Where does “companding” come from?
companding (English) comes from English expanding, from English expand, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere, from Latin expando, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
companding (English): A process in which noise in a signal is reduced...
Definitions
- A process in which noise in a signal is reduced...
Ancestry of “companding”, step by step
companding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expanding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expanding | present participle of expand |
| 2 | English | expand | To change from a smaller form and/or size to a... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | espaundre | Alternative form of espandre |
| 4 | Old French | espandre | to spread out; to blossom; to destroy, to... |
| 5 | Latin | expandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | expando | I spread out; I expand; I explain |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English compression
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compression | An increase in density; the act of compressing,... |
| 2 | Middle French | compression | compression (act, instance of compressing) |
| 3 | Latin | compressio | squeezing, compression; embrace |
| 4 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 8 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |