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Where does “piezo” come from?

Piezo comes from Ancient Greek πιέζω, derived from Proto-Indo-European pisd-, a root expressing the action of pressing or squeezing.

piezo (English): Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in...

Ancestry of “piezo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpiezo-piezoelectricity or other effects of mechanical...
2Ancient Greekπῐέζω—
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