Where does “servosystem” come from?
servosystem (English) comes from English servo, from English servomotor, from French servo-moteur, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
servosystem (English): A servomechanism or system of servomechanisms
Definitions
- A servomechanism or system of servomechanisms
Ancestry of “servosystem”, step by step
servosystem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English system
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | system | A collection of organized things; a whole... |
| 2 | Late Latin | systema | harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύστημα | a whole made of several parts or members, system;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |