Where does “layouting” come from?
layouting (English) comes from English layout, from English lay out, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.
layouting (English): The process of giving a layout to something
Definitions
- The process of giving a layout to something
Ancestry of “layouting”, step by step
layouting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English layout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | layout | A structured arrangement of items within certain... |
| 2 | English | lay out | To expend or contribute money to an expense or... |
| 3 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 4 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 5 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 6 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 7 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 8 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 9 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 10 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 11 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 12 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 13 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enk- | curve, bend |