Where does “keyword” come from?
Keyword derives from English word and worth, Spanish cayo, Proto-Germanic wurdą, and Proto-Indo-European wer-, originally meaning to turn or bend.
keyword (English): Any word used as the key to a code; Any word used...
Definitions
- Any word used as the key to a code; Any word used...
Ancestry of “keyword”, step by step
keyword traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Word
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 2 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 3 | Middle English | worth | to become |
| 4 | Old English | weorþ | worth, deserving; honoured, esteemed; worth,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |