Where does “open species” come from?
open species (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 species (English): A species of furry that is open source, not copyrighted by its creator; a fictional furry species that anyone is allowed to create and sell
Definitions
- A species of furry that is open source, not copyrighted by its creator; a fictional furry species that anyone is allowed to create and sell
Ancestry of “open species”, step by step
open species 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 Species
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Species | A type or kind. Compare |
| 2 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 3 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |