Etymograph

English

sensorchip

From sensor + chip.

A compound of sensor + chip

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’

Latin sentiō ‘to feel’

English sensor

Proto-Germanic *kippōną

Proto-West Germanic *kippōn

Old English *ċippian ‘to cut’

Old English ċipp

Middle English chip

English chip

Today it means

noun Any of several semiconductor devices used to detect or image forms of radiation

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sensorchip”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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