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Where does “preaccelerator” come from?

preaccelerator (English) comes from English accelerator, from English accelerate, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

preaccelerator (English): Any accelerator that accelerates particles and...

Definitions

  1. Any accelerator that accelerates particles and...

Ancestry of “preaccelerator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacceleratorOne who, or that which, accelerates; A device for...
2EnglishaccelerateTo cause to move faster; to quicken the motion...
3English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
4Middle English-ant—
5Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
6Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
7Proto-Germanic-andz—
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوك—
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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