Etymology

crossfader

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Today it means: A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records. Full definition →

English fader ← Middle English cros- ← Old English cros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
  3. Latincrux
  4. Old Irishcros
  5. Old Norsekross
  6. Old Englishcros
  7. Middle Englishcross
  8. Middle Englishcros-
  9. Englishcross-
  10. Englishfade
  11. Englishfader
  12. English todaycrossfader

From cross- + fader.

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