Where does “XNOR” come from?

XNOR (English) comes from English exclusive, from Latin exclūsīvus, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

XNOR (English): A logic gate which is the inverse of XOR

Definitions

  1. A logic gate which is the inverse of XOR

Ancestry of “XNOR”, step by step

XNOR traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English exclusive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexclusiveExcluding items or members that do not meet...
2Latinexclūsīvusexclusive
3Latinexclūsusexcluded
4Latinexclūdōto shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something
5Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
6LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
7Proto-Italicklaudōclose

via English NOR

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNORA binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation...
2Middle Englishnauther
3Middle Englishnoþer
4Old Englishnāwþerneither
5Old Englishnāhwæþerneither
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō