Where does “diceware” come from?
diceware (English) comes from English dice, from Middle English dees, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
diceware (English): A method for creating passwords and similar cryptographic variables using ordinary dice to generate random numbers which are then mapped to words in a list
Definitions
- A method for creating passwords and similar cryptographic variables using ordinary dice to generate random numbers which are then mapped to words in a list
Ancestry of “diceware”, step by step
diceware traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dice | Gaming with one or more dice; A die; That which... |
| 2 | Middle English | dees | Alternative form of deis; plural of dee; Synonym... |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English Ware
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ware | A placename |
| 2 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | wær | cautious, on guard, watching out for something;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |