Where does “netkeeper” come from?

netkeeper (English) comes from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo.

netkeeper (English): A goalkeeper

Definitions

  1. A goalkeeper

Ancestry of “netkeeper”, step by step

netkeeper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Net

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNetthe Internet
2Middle Englishnetworthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
3Anglo-Normanneitgood, desireable, clean
4Old Frenchnetneat, decent
5Vulgar Latinnittus
6Latinnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome,...
7Latinniteresecond-person singular future active indicative...
8LatinniteoI am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
10Cebuano-hi

via English keeper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkeeperOne who keeps something; A person or thing worth...
2Middle Englishkepere
Every word from Cebuano -hiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ney-Every word from Latin niteo