Where does “crowdsource” come from?
crowdsource (English) comes from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
crowdsource (English): To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group
Definitions
- To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group
Ancestry of “crowdsource”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | source | The person, place, or thing from which something ... |
| 2 | Middle English | sours | — |
| 3 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 4 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
Words derived from “crowdsource”