Where does “court-circuit” come from?
court-circuit (French) comes from English short circuit, from English circuit, from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō — to go.
court-circuit (French): short circuit
Definitions
- short circuit
Ancestry of “court-circuit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | short circuit | A usually unintentional connection of low... |
| 2 | English | circuit | The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a... |
| 3 | Middle English | circuit | — |
| 4 | Old French | circuit | — |
| 5 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 6 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 7 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |