Where does “scheduler” come from?
Scheduler comes from English schedule, from Chinese 兒, from Latin schedula, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.
scheduler (English): A person or device that determines a schedule,...
Definitions
- A person or device that determines a schedule,...
Ancestry of “scheduler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schedule | A slip of paper; a short note; A written or... |
| 2 | Middle English | cedule | A written document or record |
| 3 | Middle French | cedule | — |
| 4 | Old French | cedule | — |
| 5 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |