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Where does “inductor” come from?

inductor (Latin) comes from Latin indūcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inductor (Latin): one who stirs up or rouses one, a chastiser,...

Definitions

  1. one who stirs up or rouses one, a chastiser,...

Ancestry of “inductor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindūcō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →