Where does “sysadmin” come from?
sysadmin (English) comes from English administrator, from Latin administrātor, from Latin administrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
sysadmin (English): Systems administrator; a person whose job it is...
Definitions
- Systems administrator; a person whose job it is...
Ancestry of “sysadmin”, step by step
sysadmin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English administrator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | administrator | One who administers affairs; one who directs,... |
| 2 | Latin | administrātor | manager, conductor, administrator |
| 3 | Latin | administrō | to attend upon, assist, serve |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English system
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | system | A collection of organized things; a whole... |
| 2 | Late Latin | systema | harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύστημα | a whole made of several parts or members, system;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |