Where does “back-translation” come from?
back-translation (English) comes from English back-, from Middle English bak-, from Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
back-translation (English): The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language
Definitions
- The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language
Ancestry of “back-translation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | back- | Back "in its adverbial senses"; Situated,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bak- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | abak | backward, away |
| 4 | Old English | onbæc | backwards, back |
| 5 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |