Where does “openwash” come from?
openwash (English) comes from English greenwash, from English whitewash, from English White, from English sox, from English socks, from English sock, from French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
openwash (English): To market something as open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness
Definitions
- To market something as open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness
Ancestry of “openwash”, step by step
openwash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English greenwash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | greenwash | A false or misleading picture of environmental... |
| 2 | English | whitewash | A lime and water mixture for painting walls and... |
| 3 | English | White | Alternative letter-case form of white; An... |
| 4 | English | sox | plural of sock |
| 5 | English | socks | plural of sock; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | sock | A knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe... |
| 7 | French | soc | plowshare; Boston butt |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |