Where does “thermocouple” come from?

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thermocouple (English): A transducer consisting of two different metals...

Definitions

  1. A transducer consisting of two different metals...

Ancestry of “thermocouple”, step by step

thermocouple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English couple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoupleTwo partners in a romantic or sexual...
2Middle EnglishcoupleA couple; two people joined by a marital union or...
3Old Frenchcouplecouple; sexual liaison
4Vulgar Latincopla
5Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
6Latincoapula
7Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
8Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
9LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10Ancient GreekἌπις
11Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via French couple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoupletwo partners in a romantic or sexual...

Words derived from “thermocouple

Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις