Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “accélérateur” come from?

accélérateur (French) comes from French accélérer, from Latin accelerō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accélérateur (French): accelerative; accelerator, gas pedal; accelerator

Definitions

  1. accelerative; accelerator, gas pedal; accelerator

Ancestry of “accélérateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccélérerto accelerate
2Latinaccelerō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →