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Where does “optoisolated” come from?

optoisolated (English) comes from English isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

optoisolated (English): isolated by means of an optoisolator

Definitions

  1. isolated by means of an optoisolator

Ancestry of “optoisolated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisolatedPlaced or standing apart or alone; in isolation;...
2Frenchisoléisolated; past participle of isoler; An...
3Italianisolatoisolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;...
4Latininsulatusmade into an island
5Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
6LatinĪnsula—
7Proto-Italicenselā—
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