Where does “madware” come from?
madware (English) comes from English adware, from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
madware (English): mobile adware
Definitions
- mobile adware
Ancestry of “madware”, step by step
madware traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adware
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adware | A software application that includes... |
| 2 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 3 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 4 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 5 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 6 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 7 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 8 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English mobile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mobile | Capable of being moved, especially on wheels;... |
| 2 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |