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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprocessingThe action of the verb "to process"; The act of...
2EnglishprocessA series of events which produce a result; A set...
3EnglishprocessionThe act of progressing or proceeding; A group of...
4Middle Englishprocessioun
5Old Frenchpourciessionprocession
6Latinprocessioadvance; procession
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English natural language

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnatural languageAny human language that has evolved naturally in...
2EnglishnaturalThat exists and evolved within the confines of an...
3Middle Englishnaturalintrinsic, fundamental, basic; relating to...
4Old Frenchnaturalnatural
5Latinnātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate
6Latinnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing
7Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
8Latingnātus
9Proto-Italicgnātosborn
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “natural language processing

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-