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Where does “galvano-” come from?

galvano- (English) comes from Italian Galvani, from Italian -i, from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.

galvano- (English): electricity or galvanism

Definitions

  1. electricity or galvanism

Ancestry of “galvano-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianGalvani—
2Italian-iUsed with a stem to form the second-person...
3Latin-inominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;...
4Latin-ēs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “galvano-”

  • galvanometric
  • galvanocautery
  • galvanoplastic
  • galvanoplasty
  • galvanomagnetic
  • galvanopuncture
  • galvanotaxis
  • photogalvanography
  • galvanocaustic
  • galvanograph
  • galvanography
  • galvanometry
  • psychogalvanometric
  • galvanoscopy
  • galvanotonus
  • psychogalvanometry
  • galvanomagnetism
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