Where does “cybersabotage” come from?
cybersabotage (English) comes from English sabotage, from French sabotage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
cybersabotage (English): Sabotage of computer systems; destructive hacking
Definitions
- Sabotage of computer systems; destructive hacking
Ancestry of “cybersabotage”, step by step
cybersabotage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sabotage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sabotage | A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy... |
| 2 | French | sabotage | sabotage |
| 3 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 5 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -āticum | — |
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 |