Where does “photoamplifier” come from?
photoamplifier (English) comes from English amplifier, from English amplify, from Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from Latin amplifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.
photoamplifier (English): A photographic amplifier
Definitions
- A photographic amplifier
Ancestry of “photoamplifier”, step by step
photoamplifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amplifier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amplifier | Anything that amplifies, or makes something... |
| 2 | English | amplify | To render larger, more extended, or more intense;... |
| 3 | Middle English | amplifiyen | To amplify, embiggen, or heighten |
| 4 | Old French | amplifier | — |
| 5 | Latin | amplificare | present active infinitive of amplificō;... |
| 6 | Latin | amplifico | I enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify;... |
| 7 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 8 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English photo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photo | A photograph; A photo finish; To take a... |
| 2 | English | photography | The art and technology of producing images on... |
| 3 | French | photographie | photography; photograph |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωτο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |