Where does “power dissipation” come from?
power dissipation (English) comes from English power, from Middle English poer, from Old French pooir, from Latin posso, from Finnish possu, from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas, from Romanian porc — passed , crossed.
power dissipation (English): The process in which an electric or electronic...
Definitions
- The process in which an electric or electronic...
Ancestry of “power dissipation”, step by step
power dissipation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English power
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | power | Ability to do or undergo something; Ability to... |
| 2 | Middle English | poer | — |
| 3 | Old French | pooir | can; to be able to; power; ability; capability |
| 4 | Latin | posso | to be able |
| 5 | Finnish | possu | piggy, pig, piglet; a slovenly person; pork |
| 6 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 8 | Romanian | porc | pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine |
| 9 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English dissipation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dissipation | The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of... |
| 2 | Middle French | dissipation | — |
| 3 | Latin | dissipatio | scattering, dispersal; destruction, annihilation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |