Where does “diskette” come from?
diskette (Dutch) comes from English diskette, from English -ette, from Middle English -ette, from Old French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.
diskette (Dutch): floppy disk, diskette
Ancestry of “diskette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diskette | A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and... |
| 2 | English | -ette | Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ette | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ette | Alternative form of -ete |
| 5 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 6 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |
Words derived from “diskette”