Where does “chatterbot” come from?
chatterbot (English) comes from English chatter, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
chatterbot (English): An artificial intelligence program intended to...
Definitions
- An artificial intelligence program intended to...
Ancestry of “chatterbot”, step by step
chatterbot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chatter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chatter | Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk;... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English bot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bot | The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of... |
| 2 | English | bottom | The lowest part of anything; Character,... |
| 3 | Middle English | botme | The lowest section of something; the bottom,... |
| 4 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |