Where does “backward compatible” come from?
backward compatible (English) comes from English backward compatibility, from English compatibility, from English compatible, from Middle English compatible, from Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis, from Late Latin compator, from Latin com- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
backward compatible (English): Capable of interoperating with older systems
Definitions
- Capable of interoperating with older systems
Ancestry of “backward compatible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | backward compatibility | Capability of interoperating with older systems |
| 2 | English | compatibility | The state of being compatible; in which two or... |
| 3 | English | compatible | Capable of easy interaction; Able to get along... |
| 4 | Middle English | compatible | compatible; reconcilable |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | compatible | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | compatibilis | in "compatible beneficium", a benefice which... |
| 7 | Late Latin | compator | — |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |