Where does “qugate” come from?

qugate (English) comes from English gate, from Middle English gate, from Old English ġeat, from Old French gaut, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

qugate (English): The kind of logic gate used in quantum computing

Definitions

  1. The kind of logic gate used in quantum computing

Ancestry of “qugate”, step by step

qugate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgateA doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,...
2Middle EnglishgateAn entryway or entrance to a settlement or...
3Old Englishġeatgate; a gate, door
4Old Frenchgautforest, woods, woodland
5Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
6Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via English Qu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishQuAn administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian)
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic walþu