Etymology of the English word oscillator
the English word
oscillatorderived from the Late Latin word
oscillarederived from the Latin word
oscillum (small face; small mouth; swing)
derived from the Latin word
os (oris, mouth; bone; bones; mouth, speech, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*os-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ost-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ōs-Usage
Word found in Modern English