Where does “negative lookaround” come from?
negative lookaround (English) comes from English lookaround, from English around, from Middle English arounde, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō — to run.
negative lookaround (English): The analysis of the characters' absence before the regular expression is matched
Definitions
- The analysis of the characters' absence before the regular expression is matched
Ancestry of “negative lookaround”, step by step
negative lookaround traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lookaround
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lookaround | Collective term for lookahead and lookbehind |
| 2 | English | around | Defining a circle or closed curve containing a... |
| 3 | Middle English | arounde | about the margin, along the periphery |
| 4 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 5 | Old French | reont | round |
| 6 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 7 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 8 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 9 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via English negative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | negative | Not positive nor neutral; Of electrical charge of... |
| 2 | Middle English | negative | — |
| 3 | Old French | negatif | — |
| 4 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 5 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |