Where does “adminspeak” come from?
adminspeak (English) comes from English admin, from English administrator, from Latin administrātor, from Latin administrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “adminspeak”, step by step
adminspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admin | Administration, or administrative work; A systems... |
| 2 | English | administrator | One who administers affairs; one who directs,... |
| 3 | Latin | administrātor | manager, conductor, administrator |
| 4 | Latin | administrō | to attend upon, assist, serve |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |