Where does “cronjob” come from?

cronjob (English) comes from English Job, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

cronjob (English): An automated task that runs at specific intervals

Definitions

  1. An automated task that runs at specific intervals

Ancestry of “cronjob”, step by step

cronjob traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Job

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJobA person who shows remarkable patience
2LatinIobJob
3LatiniuppiterJupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon
4Proto-Italicdjous patērJupiter
5Proto-Italic*djous—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
7Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via English cron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcronA scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task
2Englishchrono-time
3Ancient GreekΧρόνοςtime (in the abstract sense)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws →