Where does “Dünnschichttransistor” come from?
Dünnschichttransistor (German) comes from German Transistor, from English transistor, from English resistor, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor.
Dünnschichttransistor (German): thin-film transistor
Definitions
- thin-film transistor
Ancestry of “Dünnschichttransistor”, step by step
Dünnschichttransistor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Transistor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Transistor | transistor |
| 2 | English | transistor | A solid-state semiconductor device, with three... |
| 3 | English | resistor | One who resists, especially a person who fights... |
| 4 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 5 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 6 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 7 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via German schicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schicht | layer, stratum, seam |
| 2 | Middle High German | schiht | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schicht | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schichten | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skiftian | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skiftijaną | To put in order; organise; arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skipatjaną | to organise, put in order |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skēyb- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via German dünn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dünn | thin, slender, slim; weak, not strong; flimsy |
| 2 | Middle High German | dünne | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dunni | thin |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þunnī | thin |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þunnuz | thin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ténh₂us | thin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tenh₂- | to stretch, to extend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |