English

hotplug

From hot + plug.

A compound of hot + plug

Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’

Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt ‘hot’

Middle English hot

English hot

Proto-West Germanic *plugi

Old Dutch *pluggi

Middle Dutch plugge ‘peg, plug’

Dutch plugge

Dutch plug ‘wall plug’

English plug

Today it means

verb To plug in (a device) while the system is turned on and running.

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