Where does “Grafikprozessor” come from?
Grafikprozessor (German) comes from German Prozessor, from English processor, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
Grafikprozessor (German): graphics processing unit
Definitions
- graphics processing unit
Ancestry of “Grafikprozessor”, step by step
Grafikprozessor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Prozessor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prozessor | processor, CPU |
| 2 | English | processor | A person or institution who processes things; A... |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via German Grafik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Grafik | graph |
| 2 | Latin | graphicus | pertaining to painting or drawing; belonging to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γραφικός | pertaining to writing; pertaining to painting |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |