Where does “chip” come from?
Chip comes from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Latin cippus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-.
chip (English): A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid...
Definitions
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid...
Ancestry of “chip”, step by step
chip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English chip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 2 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 3 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |
via Middle English chippe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chippe | chip, shard, fragment |