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Where does “optogalvanic” come from?

optogalvanic (English) comes from English galvanic, from French galvanique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

optogalvanic (English): Describing any effect of light upon the...

Definitions

  1. Describing any effect of light upon the...

Ancestry of “optogalvanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgalvanicOf or pertaining to galvanism; electric;...
2Frenchgalvaniquegalvanic
3French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
4Middle French-ique—
5Old French-ique-ic
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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