Where does “pellistor” come from?
pellistor (English) comes from English pellet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
pellistor (English): A solid-state device, containing ceramic pellets...
Definitions
- A solid-state device, containing ceramic pellets...
Ancestry of “pellistor”, step by step
pellistor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pellet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pellet | A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead... |
| 2 | Old French | pelote | small ball |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pilotta | — |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via English resistor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | resistor | One who resists, especially a person who fights... |
| 2 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 3 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |