Etymology

turbosupercharger

Today it means: A turbocharger, an exhaust-powered turbine used to power increased air intake to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust-turbine powered (in place of engine-powered) supercharger. Full definition →

English supercharger ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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The story

  1. Englishturbinebf.
  2. Ancient Greekτύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
  3. Latinturba
  4. Latinturbō, ~binis
  5. Englishturbo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  7. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  8. Proto-Italic*super
  9. Latinsuper
  10. Latinsuper-
  11. Englishsuper-
  12. Englishcharger
  13. Englishsupercharger
  14. English todayturbosupercharger

From turbo- + supercharger.

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