Where does “BibTeX” come from?
BibTeX (English) comes from English bibliography, from Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον, from Ancient Greek βυβλίον, from Ancient Greek βύβλος, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.
BibTeX (English): A reference-management software package for formatting lists of references
Definitions
- A reference-management software package for formatting lists of references
Ancestry of “BibTeX”, step by step
BibTeX traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bibliography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bibliography | A section of a written work containing citations,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βιβλιογραφία | the act or habit of writing books |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βιβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βυβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βύβλος | papyrus; book |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤂𐤁𐤋 | Byblos |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋 | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | ʔil- | deity, god |
via English tex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tex | A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |