Etymology

preaccelerator

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Today it means: Any accelerator that accelerates particles and feeds them to a larger accelerator for further acceleration Full definition →

English accelerator ← Latin accelerātiō ← Proto-Indo-European *kel-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kel-
  14. Latinceler
  15. Latincelerō
  16. Latinaccelerō
  17. Latinaccelerātu
  18. Latinaccelerō
  19. Latinaccelerātiō
  20. Englishaccelerationbf.
  21. Englishaccelerate
  22. Englishaccelerator
  23. English todaypreaccelerator

From pre- + accelerator.

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