Where does “dipôle” come from?

dipôle (French) comes from French pôle, from Middle French pôle, from Old French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

dipôle (French): dipole

Definitions

  1. dipole

Ancestry of “dipôle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpôlepole; centre, hub
2Middle Frenchpôle
3Old Frenchpole
4Latinpoluspole
5Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Ancient Greek πόλοςEvery word from Latin polus