Where does “cyberlandscape” come from?
cyberlandscape (English) comes from English landscape, from English landskip, from Middle English landschippe, from Old English landscipe, from Proto-Germanic landaskapiz, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
cyberlandscape (English): A notional landscape within cyberspace
Definitions
- A notional landscape within cyberspace
Ancestry of “cyberlandscape”, step by step
cyberlandscape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landscape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landscape | A portion of land or territory which the eye can... |
| 2 | English | landskip | Obsolete form of landscape |
| 3 | Middle English | landschippe | — |
| 4 | Old English | landscipe | tract of land, region, district |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landaskapiz | landscape; region, area |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via English cyber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyber | Of, or having to do with, the Internet;... |
| 2 | English | cybernetics | The theory/science of communication and control... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |