Where does “site map” come from?
site map (English) comes from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
site map (English): A webpage that lists the contents and shows the structure of a website, to aid in navigation
Definitions
- A webpage that lists the contents and shows the structure of a website, to aid in navigation
Ancestry of “site map”, step by step
site map traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English site
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 4 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English map
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | map | A visual representation of an area, whether real... |
| 2 | Middle English | mappemounde | — |
| 3 | Old French | mapamonde | world map |
| 4 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |