Where does “compandor” come from?
compandor (English) comes from English expander, from English expand, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere, from Latin expando, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — resin, gum; to say, speak.
compandor (English): Any device used in companding
Definitions
- Any device used in companding
Ancestry of “compandor”, step by step
compandor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expander | One who expands; something that expands; A... |
| 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 |
via English compressor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compressor | A device that produces pressure, such as a gas... |
| 2 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 3 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 5 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 6 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 10 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 11 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 12 | Latin | verum | truly; even so; but; yet; however; still |
| 13 | Latin | vēr | spring |
| 14 | Latin | veror | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | wezor | spring |