Where does “turbocompressor” come from?
turbocompressor (English) comes from English compressor, from English compress, from Middle French compresse, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus, from Latin comprimō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
turbocompressor (English): A turbocharger
Ancestry of “turbocompressor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | compressor | A device that produces pressure, such as a gas... |
| 2 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 3 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 5 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 6 | Latin | comprimō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |