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Where does “preamplifier” come from?

preamplifier (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.

preamplifier (English): A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level...

Definitions

  1. A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level...

Ancestry of “preamplifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamplifierAnything that amplifies, or makes something...
2EnglishamplifyTo render larger, more extended, or more intense;...
3Middle EnglishamplifiyenTo amplify, embiggen, or heighten
4Old Frenchamplifier—
5Latinamplificarepresent active infinitive of amplificō;...
6LatinamplificoI enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify;...
7Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
8LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
9Proto-Italicfakjōto make
10Proto-Italic*θakjō—
11Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →