Where does “const correctness” come from?
const correctness (English) comes from English correctness, from English correct, from Middle English correcten, from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus, from Latin corrigēre, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
const correctness (English): The proper declaration of objects as immutable in...
Definitions
- The proper declaration of objects as immutable in...
Ancestry of “const correctness”, step by step
const correctness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English correctness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | correctness | freedom from error; conformity to the truth or to... |
| 2 | English | correct | Free from error; true; accurate; With good... |
| 3 | Middle English | correcten | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | correcter | — |
| 5 | Latin | correctus | corrected; straightened; improved |
| 6 | Latin | corrigēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English const
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | const | A variable whose value cannot be changed... |
| 2 | English | constant | Unchanged through time or space; permanent;... |
| 3 | Middle English | constant | — |
| 4 | Old French | constant | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōnstantem | — |