Where does “detonator” come from?
Detonator comes from English detonate, from Latin detono meaning to thunder down, from the prefix de- and root de in Proto-Indo-European.
detonator (English): A device used to detonate an explosive device...
Definitions
- A device used to detonate an explosive device...
Ancestry of “detonator”, step by step
detonator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English detonate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detonate | To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust... |
| 2 | French | détoner | to detonate |
| 3 | Latin | dētonō | to cease thundering, raging |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |