Where does “scriptlet” come from?
scriptlet (English) comes from English script, from Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
scriptlet (English): A small script, especially a section of Java code...
Definitions
- A small script, especially a section of Java code...
Ancestry of “scriptlet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | script | A writing; a written document; Written... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrit | writing; document; scroll |
| 3 | Old French | escrit | past participle of escrire; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 5 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |