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Where does “optoelectronics” come from?

optoelectronics (English) comes from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

optoelectronics (English): The branch of physics that deals with the...

Definitions

  1. The branch of physics that deals with the...

Ancestry of “optoelectronics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelectronicsThe study and use of electrical devices that...
2English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “optoelectronics”

  • nanooptoelectronics
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