Etymology

preamplifier

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Today it means: A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier. Full definition →

English amplifier ← Middle English amplifiyen ← Old French amplifier
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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*h₃emh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
  11. Proto-Italic*amlos?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  15. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  16. Latinambi-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  19. Proto-Italic*plēnos
  20. Latinplēnus?
  21. Latinambiplus?
  22. Latinamplus
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Proto-Italic*θakos
  25. Latinamplificāre
  26. Old Frenchamplifier
  27. Middle Englishamplifiyen
  28. Englishamplify
  29. Englishamplifier
  30. English todaypreamplifier

From pre- + amplifier.

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