Where does “servopneumatic” come from?
servopneumatic (English) comes from English pneumatic, from French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
servopneumatic (English): Relating to any pneumatic servomechanism
Definitions
- Relating to any pneumatic servomechanism
Ancestry of “servopneumatic”, step by step
servopneumatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pneumatic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pneumatic | Of, relating to, or resembling air or other... |
| 2 | French | pneumatique | pneumatic; tyre |
| 3 | Latin | pneumaticus | wind; pneumatic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πνευματικός | Related to the wind: windy; Related to breath:... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English servo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | servo | A servomechanism or servomotor; To control by... |
| 2 | English | servomotor | An electric motor in a servomechanism, especially... |
| 3 | French | servo-moteur | — |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 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 | — |