Where does “chipmaker” come from?
chipmaker (English) comes from English maker, from Middle English maker, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Emilian mâcia, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.
chipmaker (English): A company that manufactures integrated circuit...
Definitions
- A company that manufactures integrated circuit...
Ancestry of “chipmaker”, step by step
chipmaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 2 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 4 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 5 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 6 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |
via English Chip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 2 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 3 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |