Where does “scintillator” come from?
Scintillator derives from English scintillate, from Latin scintillāre meaning to sparkle, from Latin scintilla meaning spark, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek- meaning to cut or divide.
scintillator (English): Any substance that glows under the action of...
Definitions
- Any substance that glows under the action of...
Ancestry of “scintillator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ‐or | — |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |