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Where does “pipelining” come from?

Pipelining derives from English pipeline, from English line, from Old English līn, from Proto-Indo-European līno-, originally meaning flax or linen fiber.

pipelining (English): present participle of pipeline

Definitions

  1. present participle of pipeline

Ancestry of “pipelining”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpipelineA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas...
2EnglishlineA path through two or more points ; a continuous...
3Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
4Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
5Proto-West Germanic*līnā—
6Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
7Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “pipelining”

  • superpipelining
  • metapipelining
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →