Where does “nettop” come from?
nettop (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.
nettop (English): A small, inexpensive, low-power desktop computer
Definitions
- A small, inexpensive, low-power desktop computer
Ancestry of “nettop”, step by step
nettop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Net
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 2 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 4 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 6 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 7 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 10 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via English desktop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desktop | The top surface of a desk; A desktop computer;... |
| 2 | English | desk | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries... |
| 3 | Middle English | deske | Alternative form of dosk |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | desca | — |
| 5 | Old Italian | desco | — |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |