Where does “backtrace” come from?

backtrace (English) comes from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

backtrace (English): A stack trace; To examine a stack trace; To find...

Definitions

  1. A stack trace; To examine a stack trace; To find...

Ancestry of “backtrace”, step by step

backtrace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English back

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbackNear the rear; Not current; Far from the main...
2Frenchbacferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
3Frenchbaccalauréatbaccalaureat; bachelor's degree
4Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
5Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
6Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
7Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
8English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
9Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
10Latin-āxish, -y
11Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
12Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
13Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
14Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via English trace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtraceAn act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a...
2Middle EnglishtraceA trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
3Old Frenchtracetrace (markings showing where one has been)
4Old Frenchtracier
5Latintractiāretrace, score, delineate
6Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
7Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
9Proto-Italictraɣō
10Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós