Where does “conventional PCI” come from?
conventional PCI (English) comes from English conventional, from French conventionnel, from French convention, from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō, from Latin conveniō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conventional PCI (English): PCI (the computer bus), as opposed to the newer PCI Express
Definitions
- PCI (the computer bus), as opposed to the newer PCI Express
Ancestry of “conventional PCI”, step by step
conventional PCI traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conventional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conventional | Pertaining to a convention, as in following... |
| 2 | French | conventionnel | conventional; conventionalist, conventionnel |
| 3 | French | convention | convention, agreement; convention |
| 4 | Middle French | convention | — |
| 5 | Latin | conventiō | meeting of people |
| 6 | Latin | conveniō | to convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English PCI
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PCI | Initialism of Peripheral Component Interconnect;... |