Where does “cyberpunter” come from?
cyberpunter (English) comes from English punter, from English Punt, from Irish punt, from Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą — to stretch.
cyberpunter (English): A punter in cyberspace or on the Internet
Definitions
- A punter in cyberspace or on the Internet
Ancestry of “cyberpunter”, step by step
cyberpunter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English punter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | punter | One who bets against the bank; One who oars or... |
| 2 | English | Punt | A country contemporaneous with the |
| 3 | Irish | punt | pound; butt; tip |
| 4 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 5 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 6 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 9 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
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 |