Where does “WordNet” come from?

I appreciate the detailed instructions, but I need to flag an issue with the chain provided: it appears malformed or incomplete for generating an accurate etymology sentence. The chain shows: - English word → English worth → Middle English worth → Latin nitidus → PIE ned- → PIE wer- (repeated three times) This sequence doesn't form a coherent etymological path. "Worth" doesn't derive from Latin *nitidus* (meaning "shining/bright"), and the repeated PIE roots suggest a transcription error. Additionally, "WordNet" (a computational lexicography resource) wouldn't have a traditional folk etymology—it's a 20th-century technical term. **I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology without:** 1. Clarification on whether the headword is "worth" or "WordNet" 2. A corrected etymological chain with proper intermediate steps 3. Confirmation this chain

WordNet (English): A particular wordnet, a semantically structured lexical database, for the English language at Princeton University

Definitions

  1. A particular wordnet, a semantically structured lexical database, for the English language at Princeton University

Ancestry of “WordNet”, step by step

WordNet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English word

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwordThe smallest unit of language that has a...
2Middle EnglishwordA word; A statement; a linguistic unit said or...
3Old Englishworðword
4Proto-Germanic*word
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via English net

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnetA mesh of string, cord or rope; A device made...
2Middle Englishnett
3Old Englishnettnet
4Proto-West Germanicnatinet
5Proto-Germanicnatjąnet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁-
WordNet — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer