Where does “short circuit” come from?
short circuit (English) comes from English circuit, from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
short circuit (English): A usually unintentional connection of low...
Definitions
- A usually unintentional connection of low...
Ancestry of “short circuit”, step by step
short circuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English circuit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circuit | The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | circuit | — |
| 3 | Old French | circuit | — |
| 4 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 5 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 6 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |