Where does “Prozessorsockel” come from?

Prozessorsockel (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.

Prozessorsockel (German): CPU socket

Definitions

  1. CPU socket

Ancestry of “Prozessorsockel”, step by step

Prozessorsockel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Prozessor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProzessorprocessor, CPU
2EnglishprocessorA person or institution who processes things; A...
3English‐orCreates 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
4Middle English-our
5Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
6Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Sockel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSockelbase; pedestal, plinth; socket for a chip or CPU
2Frenchsocleplinth, pedestal, socle; basis, foundation, core...
3Italianzoccolohoof; clog; plinth
4Latinsocculus
5Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
6Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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