Etymology

intercooler

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Today it means: A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes. Full definition →

English cooler ← Middle English colen ← Old English cōlian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gól-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kalaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*kōluz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kōl(ī)
  12. Proto-West Germanic*kōlēn
  13. Old Englishcōlian
  14. Middle Englishcolen
  15. Englishcool
  16. Englishcooler
  17. English todayintercooler

From inter- + cooler.

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