Where does “radiator” come from?
Radiator comes from Latin radiator, derived from radiatus, the past participle of radiare meaning to shine or emit rays, from radius meaning ray or spoke.
radiator (English): Anything which radiates or emits rays; A device...
Definitions
- Anything which radiates or emits rays; A device...
Ancestry of “radiator”, step by step
radiator traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin radiāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | radiāre | — |
| 2 | Old French | roier | — |
| 3 | Old French | roie | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | riga | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Gaulish | rica | furrow |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | ɸrikā | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Russian радиа́тор
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | радиа́тор | heatsink |