Where does “frameskip” come from?

frameskip (English) comes from English skip, from English skep, from Dutch scheppen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz — on, onto.

frameskip (English): A software feature that skips the display of...

Definitions

  1. A software feature that skips the display of...

Ancestry of “frameskip”, step by step

frameskip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English skip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskipTo move by hopping on alternate feet; To leap...
2EnglishskepA basket; A beehive made of straw or wicker
3Dutchscheppento create
4Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
5Middle Dutchendeand; end
6Old Dutchendiend
7Proto-West Germanicandīend
8Proto-Germanicandijazend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English frame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishframeTo fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make...
2Middle Englishframe
3Old Norseframiadvancement
4Old Norseframforward, forth
5Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
6Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-