Etymology

piezoactuator

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Today it means: An actuator activated by mechanical pressure Full definition →

English actuator ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peys-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*peysd-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekπῐέζω (pĭézō)
  4. Englishpiezo-
  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 todaypiezoactuator

From piezo- + actuator.

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