Where does “open source” come from?
open source (English) comes from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
open source (English): The practice of providing open-source code for a product
Definitions
- The practice of providing open-source code for a product
Ancestry of “open source”, step by step
open source traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English source
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | source | The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired |
| 2 | Middle English | sours | A source or origin; that which something originates from |
| 3 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 4 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |