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Where does “electrooptics” come from?

electrooptics (English) comes from English optics, from Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

electrooptics (English): The study of the effects of an electric field on...

Definitions

  1. The study of the effects of an electric field on...

Ancestry of “electrooptics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopticsThe physics of light and vision; The...
2Medieval Latinopticusoptic, optical; optic; of or relating to seeing,...
3Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
4Ancient Greekὄψιςview
5Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
6Proto-Hellenicwókʷs—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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