Where does “self-excitation” come from?
self-excitation (English) comes from English excitation, from Old French excitation, from Latin excitatio, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
self-excitation (English): The feedback of the output of a generator
Definitions
- The feedback of the output of a generator
Ancestry of “self-excitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excitation | The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act... |
| 2 | Old French | excitation | — |
| 3 | Latin | excitatio | wakening; rousing; excitation |
| 4 | Latin | excitō | — |
| 5 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 6 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 7 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |