Where does “negative lookbehind” come from?
negative lookbehind (English) comes from English lookbehind, from English Look, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
negative lookbehind (English): The analysis of the preceding characters absence before the regular expression is matched (symbol:?<!)
Definitions
- The analysis of the preceding characters absence before the regular expression is matched (symbol:?<!)
Ancestry of “negative lookbehind”, step by step
negative lookbehind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lookbehind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lookbehind | The analysis of the preceding characters before... |
| 2 | English | Look | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |