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Where does “autoinductance” come from?

autoinductance (French) comes from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

autoinductance (French): self-inductance

Definitions

  1. self-inductance

Ancestry of “autoinductance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchauto-auto-
2Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
3Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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