Where does “電界効果トランジスタ” come from?
電界効果トランジスタ (Japanese) comes from Japanese トランジスタ, from English transistor, from English resistor, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor.
電界効果トランジスタ (Japanese): an FET (field effect transistor)
Definitions
- an FET (field effect transistor)
Ancestry of “電界効果トランジスタ”, step by step
電界効果トランジスタ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese トランジスタ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | トランジスタ | a 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 Japanese 効果
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 効果 | effect; koka, points or the judge call to the... |
via Japanese 電界
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 電界 | electric field |