Where does “radioconductor” come from?
radioconductor (English) comes from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
radioconductor (English): A substance or device that has its conductivity...
Definitions
- A substance or device that has its conductivity...
Ancestry of “radioconductor”, step by step
radioconductor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 2 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 3 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 4 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 5 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English conductor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conductor | One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director; A... |
| 2 | Middle French | conductour | — |
| 3 | Old French | conduitor | — |
| 4 | Latin | conductor | employer, entrepreneur; contractor; conductor |
| 5 | Latin | condūcō | to lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect |
| 6 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via French radioconducteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | radioconducteur | radioconductor |
| 2 | French | conducteur | The driver of a vehicle or of a group of animated... |
| 3 | Latin | conductorem | accusative singular of conductor |