Where does “spaghetticode” come from?
spaghetticode (Dutch) comes from Dutch spaghetti, from Italian spaghetti, from Italian spaghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
spaghetticode (Dutch): spaghetti code bad, disorganized source code
Definitions
- spaghetti code bad, disorganized source code
Ancestry of “spaghetticode”, step by step
spaghetticode traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch spaghetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spaghetti | spaghetti |
| 2 | Italian | spaghetti | plural of spaghetto; a dish of spaghetti; fine... |
| 3 | Italian | spaghetto | strand of spaghetti; a dish of spaghetti; fright |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Dutch code
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | code | book or body of laws, code of laws, lawbook;... |
| 2 | English | code | A short symbol, often with little relation to the... |
| 3 | Middle English | code | Any kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous... |
| 4 | Old English | codd | bag; sack; husk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kuddô | bag; pod; sack; purse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gewt- | sack; pouch; pouch, sack |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English spaghetti code
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spaghetti code | Unstructured or poorly structured program source... |