Where does “萬維網” come from?
萬維網 (Chinese) comes from English World Wide Web, from English worldwide, from English World, from Middle English world, from Old English weorold, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic weraz — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
萬維網 (Chinese): World Wide Web; WWW
Definitions
- World Wide Web; WWW
Ancestry of “萬維網”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | World Wide Web | Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version |
| 2 | English | worldwide | Spanning the world; global; Throughout the world |
| 3 | English | World | The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds |
| 4 | Middle English | world | The world, the planet; A dimension, realm, or... |
| 5 | Old English | weorold | world |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |