Where does “filegroup” come from?

filegroup (English) comes from English Group, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

filegroup (English): A collection of files that, in some database...

Definitions

  1. A collection of files that, in some database...

Ancestry of “filegroup”, step by step

filegroup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Group

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGroupA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another
2Frenchgroupegroup
3Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
4Vulgar Latincruppo
5Renaissance Latingrupus
6Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via English filé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiléA spicy herb made from the dried and ground...
2Frenchfilépast participle of filer; simple or twisted...
3Frenchfilerto spin; to thread through; to spin a thread
4Latinfīlāre
5Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
6Proto-Italicfī(s)lom
7Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European grewb-Every word from Proto-Germanic kruppaz
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