Where does “high-level language” come from?
high-level language (English) comes from English high-level, from English level, from Middle English level, from Old French livel, from Latin lībella, from Latin lībra, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν, from Proto-Hellenic dzugón — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
high-level language (English): A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory
Definitions
- A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory
Ancestry of “high-level language”, step by step
high-level language traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English high-level
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | high-level | Taking place or existing at a high level,... |
| 2 | English | level | The same height at all places; parallel to a flat... |
| 3 | Middle English | level | — |
| 4 | Old French | livel | — |
| 5 | Latin | lībella | An as (the tenth part of a denarius) |
| 6 | Latin | lībra | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ζυγόν | yoke, for joining animals; yoke, burden; in... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | dzugón | yoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |
via English language
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | language | A body of words, and set of methods of combining... |
| 2 | Middle English | langage | language, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local... |
| 3 | Old French | language | language (style of communicating) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | linguaticum | language |
| 5 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |