Where does “nodelist” come from?

nodelist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

nodelist (English): A list of bulletin board systems and their...

Definitions

  1. A list of bulletin board systems and their...

Ancestry of “nodelist”, step by step

nodelist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via English node

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnodeA knot, knob, protuberance or swelling; The point...
2Middle Englishnodelump, swelling; knot, tie
3Latinnōdusa knot (in rope)
4Proto-Indo-Europeangned-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →