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Where does “goodput” come from?

goodput (English) comes from English throughput, from English put, from Old French pute, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.

goodput (English): Application-level throughput, i.e. the number of...

Definitions

  1. Application-level throughput, i.e. the number of...

Ancestry of “goodput”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthroughputThe rate at which data is transferred through a...
2EnglishputTo place something somewhere; To bring or set...
3Old Frenchputenominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore
4Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
5Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
6LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
7Latinputuspure; a boy
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →