Where does “radiator” come from?
radiator (Latin) comes from Latin radio, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
radiator (Latin): second-person singular future passive imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive imperative...
Ancestry of “radiator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | radio | I cause to radiate, irradiate; I radiate, emit... |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |