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Where does “bitsquatting” come from?

bitsquatting (English) comes from English typosquatting, from English cybersquatting, from English squatting, from English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

bitsquatting (English): A form of cybersquatting that involves the...

Definitions

  1. A form of cybersquatting that involves the...

Ancestry of “bitsquatting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtyposquattingA form of cybersquatting that involves the...
2EnglishcybersquattingThe registration of a well-known brand or company...
3EnglishsquattingThe posture of one who squats; The act or general...
4EnglishsquatRelatively short or low, and thick or broad;...
5Middle Englishsquattento squat
6Old Frenchesquatir—
7Old FrenchquatirTo press down, flatten
8Latincoactirepress together, force
9Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
10Latincōgō—
11Latincōn-—
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt—
18Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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