Where does “feedback” come from?
I notice this etymology chain has significant problems that make it impossible to write an accurate sentence: 1. The chain is circular (English appears twice: "English back" and "English pandemic") 2. The chain lacks logical linguistic progression (Latin bassus to Old Swedish nattbakka to Old English fēdan doesn't follow standard sound changes) 3. Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis appears twice identically at the end 4. The connection between these forms and "feedback" is unexplained 5. The "known meaning" is marked unknown, so I cannot weave in sense development **I cannot write this sentence responsibly.** A one-sentence etymology must be accurate to be useful to search engines and users. This chain would require correction by a linguist before a reliable summary could be written. Could you verify the etymology chain for "feedback"?
feedback (English): Critical assessment of a process or activity or...
Definitions
- Critical assessment of a process or activity or...
Ancestry of “feedback”, step by step
feedback traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English back
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 2 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 3 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 6 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 7 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 8 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 9 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 10 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 11 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 12 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English feed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feed | To give food to eat; To eat; To give to as... |
| 2 | Galician | feden | third-person plural present indicative of feder |
| 3 | Old English | fēdan | to feed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fōdijan | to feed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōdijaną | to feed; to give birth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |