Where does “chiprate” come from?

chiprate (English) comes from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz — to scrape.

chiprate (English): The bit rate of the spreading signal in spread spectrum communications

Definitions

  1. The bit rate of the spreading signal in spread spectrum communications

Ancestry of “chiprate”, step by step

chiprate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrateThe worth of something; value; The proportional...
2Frenchratespleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;...
3Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
4Middle Frenchratrat
5Old Frenchratrat rodent
6Old High Germanratorat
7Proto-Germanicratō
8Proto-Germanicrattazrat
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via English Chip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChipA diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles
2Middle Englishchipfragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment
3Old Englishċippchip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,...
4Old Englishċippianto cut; hew
5Proto-Germanickipp-to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-