Where does “omnirange” come from?

omnirange (English) comes from English range, from Middle English rengen, from Old French rengier, from Old French reng, from Latin rencus, from Gaulish rekos, from Proto-Celtic reketi, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rek- — to set in order.

omnirange (English): A short-range radio navigation system for...

Definitions

  1. A short-range radio navigation system for...

Ancestry of “omnirange”, step by step

omnirange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English range

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrangeA line or series of mountains, buildings, etc; A...
2Middle Englishrengen
3Old Frenchrengierto line up; to form ranks
4Old Frenchrengplace; position
5Latinrencusrow; order, rank
6Gaulishrekos
7Proto-Celticreketito arrange
8Proto-Indo-European(H)rek-to set in order

via English omni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishomniA person who is not vegan; one with no particular...
2EnglishomnivoreAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore)
3Latinomnivoruseating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
4Latin-vorus-eating, -devouring
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rek-