Where does “lanekeeping” come from?

lanekeeping (English) comes from English keeping, from English keep, from Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan, from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic kōpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵab-.

lanekeeping (English): A camera-based system that allows a vehicle to detect when it is drifting out of a lane of the road, and compensate accordingly

Definitions

  1. A camera-based system that allows a vehicle to detect when it is drifting out of a lane of the road, and compensate accordingly

Ancestry of “lanekeeping”, step by step

lanekeeping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English keeping

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkeepingconformity or harmony; charge or care;...
2EnglishkeepTo continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain
3Middle Englishkepento keep, guard, look after, watch
4Old Englishcēpanto seize, hold, observe
5Proto-West Germanic*kōpijan
6Proto-Germanickōpijanąto look after, observe; to watch, keep, care for
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵab-

via English lane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaneA road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow...
2Middle Englishlanelane, alley narrow passage between buildings
3Old Englishlanelane, narrow path
4Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
5Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵab-Every word from Proto-Germanic kōpijanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan