Etymology

microactuator

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Today it means: A microscopic actuator, especially one on a silicon chip Full definition →

English actuator ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  7. Proto-Italic*agō
  8. Latinagō
  9. Latināctus
  10. Latināctuō
  11. Medieval Latināctuātus
  12. Englishactuate
  13. Englishactuator
  14. English todaymicroactuator

From micro- + actuator.

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