Where does “Heartbleed” come from?
Heartbleed (English) comes from English bleed, from Middle English bleden, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
Heartbleed (English): A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014
Definitions
- A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014
Ancestry of “Heartbleed”, step by step
Heartbleed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bleed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bleed | To lose blood through an injured blood vessel; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | bleden | plural of blede; To bleed; to experience blood... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English heartbeat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heartbeat | One pulsation of the heart; especially an... |
| 2 | English | beat | A stroke; a blow; A pulsation or throb; A pulse... |
| 3 | Middle English | beten | To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit |
| 4 | Old English | bēatan | to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |