Where does “normally black” come from?
normally black (English) comes from English normally, from English normal, from Latin normālis, from Latin nōrma, from Ancient Greek γνώμων, from Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
normally black (English): for LCD to be opaque and thus black when voltage...
Definitions
- for LCD to be opaque and thus black when voltage...
Ancestry of “normally black”, step by step
normally black traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English normally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | normally | Under normal conditions or circumstances;... |
| 2 | English | normal | According to norms or rules or to a regular... |
| 3 | Latin | normālis | perpendicular, square, with right angles |
| 4 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via English Black
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Black | Alternative letter-case form of black |
| 2 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 3 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 4 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |