Where does “natural language processing” come from?
natural language processing (English) comes from English processing, from English process, from English procession, from Middle English processioun, from Old French pourciession, from Latin processio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
natural language processing (English): A field of computer science and linguistics...
Definitions
- A field of computer science and linguistics...
Ancestry of “natural language processing”, step by step
natural language processing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English processing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | processing | The action of the verb "to process"; The act of... |
| 2 | English | process | A series of events which produce a result; A set... |
| 3 | English | procession | The act of progressing or proceeding; A group of... |
| 4 | Middle English | processioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | pourciession | procession |
| 6 | Latin | processio | advance; procession |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English natural language
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | natural language | Any human language that has evolved naturally in... |
| 2 | English | natural | That exists and evolved within the confines of an... |
| 3 | Middle English | natural | intrinsic, fundamental, basic; relating to... |
| 4 | Old French | natural | natural |
| 5 | Latin | nātūrālis | natural by birth, legitimate |
| 6 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |