Where does “taskpad” come from?
taskpad (English) comes from English task, from Medieval Latin tasca, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.
taskpad (English): A graphical user interface that gathers several...
Definitions
- A graphical user interface that gathers several...
Ancestry of “taskpad”, step by step
taskpad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English task
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | task | A piece of work done as part of one’s duties; Any... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | tasca | — |
| 3 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English pad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pad | A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie... |
| 2 | Dutch | pad | path; toad; The slot in the frame that accepts... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pat | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | path | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | paþ | path |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | paþaz | path |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pántaHh | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pántaHs | path |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pent- | to pass; path |