Where does “peepholing” come from?
peepholing (English) comes from English peephole, from English Peep, from English peeps, from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus — army.
peepholing (English): The use of peephole optimization
Definitions
- The use of peephole optimization
Ancestry of “peepholing”, step by step
peepholing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |