Where does “network” come from?
Network derives from English work and Middle English werk, from Old English wyrċan meaning to do or make, influenced by Latin nitidus meaning shining or bright, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European werǵ- and wer-.
network (English): A fabric or structure of fibrous elements...
Definitions
- A fabric or structure of fibrous elements...
Ancestry of “network”, step by step
network 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 | — |