Where does “traceroute” come from?
traceroute (English) comes from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.
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Definitions
- The route taken by packets over an IP network; To...
Ancestry of “traceroute”, step by step
traceroute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trace | An act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a... |
| 2 | Middle English | trace | A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's... |
| 3 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 4 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 6 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English route
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | route | A course or way which is traveled or passed; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 3 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 4 | Old French | route | route |
| 5 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 7 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |