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Where does “quantizer” come from?

Quantizer derives from English quantize, formed with the suffix -er, ultimately from Latin -ārius through Old French -er, itself descended from Latin -āre, the infinitive marker rooted in Proto-Italic -os.

quantizer (English): An electronic device that samples a varying...

Definitions

  1. An electronic device that samples a varying...

Ancestry of “quantizer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایر—
4Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
5Proto-Turkicēder—
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