Where does “nonalertable” come from?
nonalertable (English) comes from English alertable, from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
nonalertable (English): Not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution
Definitions
- Not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution
Ancestry of “nonalertable”, step by step
nonalertable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alertable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alertable | Capable of receiving and responding to notifications from other threads of execution |
| 2 | English | Alert | the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world |
| 3 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 5 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 6 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 7 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 8 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 9 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |