Where does “VBScript” come from?

VBScript (English) comes from English vb, from English verb, from English reverb, from English reverberation, from Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio, from Latin reverbero, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.

VBScript (English): A scripting language that is a subset of Microsoft Visual Basic

Definitions

  1. A scripting language that is a subset of Microsoft Visual Basic

Ancestry of “VBScript”, step by step

VBScript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvbAbbreviation of verb
2EnglishverbA word that indicates an action, event, or state;...
3EnglishreverbAn electronic effect which simulates echoes or...
4EnglishreverberationA violent oscillation or vibration; An echo, or a...
5Old Frenchreverberation
6Medieval Latinreverberatiorebounding; reverberation
7LatinreverberoI repel, rebound
8Latinrĕ-back, backwards
9Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
10Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
11Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English script

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscriptA writing; a written document; Written...
2Middle Englishscritwriting; document; scroll
3Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
4Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
5LatinscriboI write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-