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...
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- A usually unintentional connection of low...
Ancestry of “short circuit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | eō | — |
| 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 |