Where does “itemset” come from?
I can't write this sentence because the etymology chain provided contains only English at every stage with no actual origin information, and the meaning is listed as unknown. Without a genuine chain showing language progression or a known meaning to explain sense development, I cannot create an accurate origin summary. Could you provide the actual etymology chain (for example, showing earlier languages like Old English, Proto-Germanic, etc.) and/or the known meaning of "itemset"?
itemset (English): A group of related items
Definitions
- A group of related items
Ancestry of “itemset”, step by step
itemset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English set
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | set | To put down, to rest; To attach or affix to... |
| 2 | English | sept | A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a... |
| 3 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 4 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 5 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 6 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 7 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |