Where does “crowdsourcing” come from?
crowdsourcing (English) comes from English sourcing, from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
crowdsourcing (English): The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group...
Definitions
- The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group...
Ancestry of “crowdsourcing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sourcing | present participle of source; The process by... |
| 2 | English | source | The person, place, or thing from which something ... |
| 3 | Middle English | sours | — |
| 4 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 5 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |