Where does “NFC” come from?
I don't have enough information to write an accurate etymology sentence. The chain provided shows only "English C" with no earlier language sources, no original form, and no known meaning beyond "(unknown)."
To write an accurate one-sentence origin summary, I would need:
- The actual origin language(s) before English
- The original form of the word in those languages
- At least one attested meaning, particularly the oldest one
Could you provide the complete etymological chain for NFC?
NFC (English): Initialism of Near field communication;...
Definitions
- Initialism of Near field communication;...
Ancestry of “NFC”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | c̄ | With |
| 2 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 3 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |