abvolt

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder.

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Latin absolvōder.

Latin absolūtusder.

Middle French absolutder.

Middle English absolut

English absoluteclip.

English ab-

English volt

English abvolt

From ab- (“absolute”) + volt.

abvolt (plural abvolts)

(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10^-8 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abvolt”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7