Where does “caret notation” come from?
caret notation (English) comes from English caret, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
caret notation (English): A notation where each control character is...
Definitions
- A notation where each control character is...
Ancestry of “caret notation”, step by step
caret notation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caret | A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to... |
| 2 | French | caret | loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel |
| 3 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 4 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |