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Where does “ohmic” come from?

Ohmic comes from English ohm, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.

ohmic (English): Of or relating to, or measured in, ohms; That...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to, or measured in, ohms; That...

Ancestry of “ohmic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ohmic”

  • nonohmic
  • ohmically
  • superohmic
  • subohmic
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