Where does “dialout” come from?

dialout (English) comes from English dial, from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

dialout (English): connection to an external network via modem etc

Definitions

  1. connection to an external network via modem etc

Ancestry of “dialout”, step by step

dialout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdialA graduated, circular scale over which a needle...
2Middle EnglishdiallA pointer on a dial; A timekeeping instrument,...
3Middle Frenchdyal
4LatindiālisOf or belonging to the god Jupiter
5LatindiēsA day, particularly
6Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
7Proto-Italic*djous
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via English out

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
2Middle Englishouteout
3Old Englishūtout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-