Etymology

thermoactuator

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Today it means: A thermal actuator Full definition →

English actuator ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*agō
  9. Latinagō
  10. Latināctus
  11. Latināctuō
  12. Medieval Latināctuātus
  13. Englishactuate
  14. Englishactuator
  15. English todaythermoactuator

From thermo- + actuator.

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