I know what a buck converter is but I wonder why it's called 'buck converter'. A dictionary doesn't seem to have any words that mean roughly "reducing the amoun

I know what a buck converter is but I wonder why it's called 'buck converter'. A dictionary doesn't seem to have any words that mean roughly "reducing the amount of something". [0] Similarly, Wikipedia doesn't elaborate on the etymology. [1] [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buck https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buck [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_converter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_converter