Where does “peephole optimization” come from?
peephole optimization (English) comes from English optimization, from English optimize, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen.
peephole optimization (English): An optimization that works by eliminating...
Definitions
- An optimization that works by eliminating...
Ancestry of “peephole optimization”, step by step
peephole optimization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optimization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimization | The design and operation of a system or process... |
| 2 | English | optimize | To act optimistically or as an optimist |
| 3 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 4 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 5 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 6 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 7 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 8 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 9 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 10 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 11 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
via English peephole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peephole | A small hole, opening, or piece of glass,... |
| 2 | English | Peep | A soft marshmallow candy, shaped into a baby... |
| 3 | English | peeps | plural of peep; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 5 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 7 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 8 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 11 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |