Where does “subnet” come from?
Subnet comes from English net combined with Latin sub, tracing through Proto-Italic supo and Latin nitidus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ned- meaning to bind or knit.
subnet (English): The abstraction of a sequence; A portion of a...
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- The abstraction of a sequence; A portion of a...
Ancestry of “subnet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 2 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 4 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 6 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 7 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 10 | Cebuano | -hi | — |