Where does “cybertracking” come from?
cybertracking (English) comes from English tracking, from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
cybertracking (English): The process of tracking something by means of computer technology
Definitions
- The process of tracking something by means of computer technology
Ancestry of “cybertracking”, step by step
cybertracking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracking | The act or process by which something is tracked;... |
| 2 | English | track | A mark left by something that has passed along; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 4 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |