Where does “dialpad” come from?
dialpad (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.
dialpad (English): A numeric keypad used to dial a telephone number
Definitions
- A numeric keypad used to dial a telephone number
Ancestry of “dialpad”, step by step
dialpad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dial | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle... |
| 2 | Middle English | diall | A pointer on a dial; A timekeeping instrument,... |
| 3 | Middle French | dyal | — |
| 4 | Latin | diālis | Of or belonging to the god Jupiter |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English pad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pad | A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie... |
| 2 | Dutch | pad | path; toad; The slot in the frame that accepts... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pat | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | path | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | paþ | path |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | paþaz | path |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pántaHh | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pántaHs | path |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pent- | to pass; path |