Where does “tinygram” come from?
tinygram (English) comes from English tiny, from Middle English tine, from Middle English tinde, from Old English tind, from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
tinygram (English): A very small packet of data
Definitions
- A very small packet of data
Ancestry of “tinygram”, step by step
tinygram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tiny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tiny | Very small; A small child; an infant; Anything... |
| 2 | Middle English | tine | Alternative form of þin |
| 3 | Middle English | tinde | — |
| 4 | Old English | tind | a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tind | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via English datagram
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | datagram | A packet of data passed across a network |
| 2 | English | data | plural of datum; Information, especially in a... |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |