Where does “даунсайзинг” come from?

даунсайзинг (Russian) comes from English downsizing, from English downsize, from English down-, from Middle English down-, from Old English dūne-, from Old English dūne, from Old English adūne, from Old English ofdūne — smoke; mist, haze.

даунсайзинг (Russian): downsizing reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

Definitions

  1. downsizing reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

Ancestry of “даунсайзинг”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdownsizingpresent participle of downsize; An act in which a...
2EnglishdownsizeTo reduce in size or number; To reduce the...
3Englishdown-decrease; lower position or direction, literally...
4Middle Englishdown-
5Old Englishdūne-down-
6Old Englishdūnehill; down, downward
7Old Englishadūne
8Old Englishofdūneoff the hill; down
9Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
10Proto-Germanic*dūnā
11Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-
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