Where does “networking” come from?
Networking derives from English network, which combines English work from Middle English werk, Old English wyrċan meaning to make or do, and the suffix -ing for verbal nouns.
networking (English): present participle of network; The use of...
Definitions
- present participle of network; The use of...
Ancestry of “networking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 2 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 3 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 5 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 7 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 8 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 11 | Cebuano | -hi | — |