Where does “quasirandom” come from?
quasirandom (English) comes from English quasi, from Latin quasi, from Latin quā, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
quasirandom (English): Apparently random, but produced by a non-random...
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- Apparently random, but produced by a non-random...
Ancestry of “quasirandom”, step by step
quasirandom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quasi | resembling or having a likeness to something |
| 2 | Latin | quasi | as if; as |
| 3 | Latin | quā | where |
| 4 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 5 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 6 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English random
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | random | A roving motion; course without definite... |
| 2 | English | randon | Obsolete form of random |
| 3 | Middle English | randoun | Force, magnitude, haste, intensity; Something... |
| 4 | Old French | randon | rapidity |
| 5 | Old French | randir | to run; to run quickly or impetuously; to gallop |
| 6 | Frankish | rand | run; a course; running |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | randijō | running |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rinnaną | to run, to rush; to flow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | to move, to stir |