Where does “open sourceror” come from?
open sourceror (English) comes from English open source, from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
open sourceror (English): A programmer who works only on open source programs
Definitions
- A programmer who works only on open source programs
Ancestry of “open sourceror”, step by step
open sourceror traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English open source
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | open source | The practice of providing open-source code for a product |
| 2 | English | source | The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired |
| 3 | Middle English | sours | A source or origin; that which something originates from |
| 4 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 5 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via English sorcerer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sorcerer | A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male |
| 2 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |