Etymograph

English

kicksorter

From kick + sorter.

A compound of kick + sorter

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

Today it means

noun A device for analyzing the amplitudes of electrical pulses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kicksorter