Etymology

agrivoltaic

ag·ri·vol·ta·ic
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Today it means: Using the same area of land for agriculture and the generation of (typically solar) electricity. Full definition →

English voltaic ← Italian Volta ← Latin ager
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinager
  5. Englishagri-
  6. ItalianVolta
  7. EnglishVolta
  8. Englishvoltaic
  9. English todayagrivoltaic

From agri- + voltaic. First attested in the 2010s.

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