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
- A form of cybersquatting that involves the...
Ancestry of “bitsquatting”, step by step
bitsquatting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English typosquatting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | typosquatting | A form of cybersquatting that involves the... |
| 2 | English | cybersquatting | The registration of a well-known brand or company... |
| 3 | English | squatting | The posture of one who squats; The act or general... |
| 4 | English | squat | Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;... |
| 5 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 6 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 7 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 8 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 9 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 10 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English bit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bit | A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and... |
| 2 | Middle English | bitte | A flexible container for water or wine; a waterskin or wineskin |
| 3 | Old English | byt | bottle, flagon |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *buttjā | — |
| 5 | Latin | buttia | cask, barrel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βούττιον | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |