English
capacitance
From capacity + -ance.
A compound of capacity + -ance
Proto-Italic *kapjō
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Latin capāx ‘that can hold much’
Latin capācitās ‘capability, capacity’
Old French capacite
Middle English capacite
English capacity
Today it means
noun The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / capacitance