Where does “downshock” come from?

downshock (English) comes from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren — he, she.

downshock (English): Any shock caused by a sudden decrease (in temperature, pressure etc)

Definitions

  1. Any shock caused by a sudden decrease (in temperature, pressure etc)

Ancestry of “downshock”, step by step

downshock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshockA sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising...
2Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
3Germanschockierento shock
4Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
5Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
6Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
7Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
8German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
9French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
10English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
11Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
12Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
13Latin-ārefirst conjugation
14Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
15Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
16Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
17Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
18Chichewaiyehe, she

via English Down

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDownusually known as County Down
2Middle Englishdoundown
3Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
4Proto-Germanic*dūnā
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er