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Where does “BitTorrent” come from?

BitTorrent (English) comes from English torrent, from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrēns, from Latin torrere, from Latin torreo, from Proto-Italic torzēō, from Proto-Indo-European tres- — boundary, end.

Ancestry of “BitTorrent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtorrentA violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream...
2FrenchtorrentA torrent
3Italiantorrentestream, creek, torrent
4Latintorrēns—
5Latintorrerepresent active infinitive of torreō;...
6LatintorreoI scorch, burn, parch; I roast, bake; I nip,...
7Proto-Italictorzēō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantres-to tremble
9Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
10Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
11Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
12Proto-Italictermenos—
13Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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