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Where does “ISO” come from?

ISO derives from Ancient Greek ἴσος, meaning "equal," through Greek ίσος.

ISO (English): A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...

Definitions

  1. A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...

Ancestry of “ISO”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
2Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
3Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
4Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
5GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
6GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
7GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
8Old High Germandahs—
9Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
10Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
11Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
13Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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