Where does “minicircuitry” come from?
minicircuitry (English) comes from English circuitry, from English circuit, from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō — to go.
minicircuitry (English): Small-scale circuitry
Definitions
- Small-scale circuitry
Ancestry of “minicircuitry”, step by step
minicircuitry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English circuitry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circuitry | A specific system of electrical circuits in a... |
| 2 | English | circuit | The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a... |
| 3 | Middle English | circuit | — |
| 4 | Old French | circuit | — |
| 5 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 6 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 7 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |