Where does “typedef” come from?
Typedef derives from English type, which comes from Middle English type, from Middle French definition, from Ancient Greek τύπος meaning "impression or mark," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ- meaning "to form or shape."
typedef (English): A statement that declares a name for a data type;...
Definitions
- A statement that declares a name for a data type;...
Ancestry of “typedef”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | definition | A statement of the meaning of a word or word... |
| 2 | Middle English | diffinicioun | — |
| 3 | Middle French | definition | definition |
| 4 | Latin | dēfīnītiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēfīniō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |