Where does “ActionScript” come from?
ActionScript is an English compound of action and script, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- meaning to drive or act.
ActionScript (English): A script written in this language
Definitions
- A script written in this language
Ancestry of “ActionScript”, step by step
ActionScript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English action
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | action | Something done, often so as to accomplish a... |
| 2 | Middle English | accioun | An action; an act, behaviour or attribute |
| 3 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 4 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English script
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | script | A writing; a written document; Written... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrit | writing; document; scroll |
| 3 | Old French | escrit | past participle of escrire; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 5 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |