Where does “エフェクター” come from?
エフェクター (Japanese) comes from English effector, from English effect, from Middle English effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
エフェクター (Japanese): effects unit; effector
Ancestry of “エフェクター”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | effector | Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a... |
| 2 | English | effect | The result or outcome of a cause; Impression left... |
| 3 | Middle English | effect | — |
| 4 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 5 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 6 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |