Where does “typosquat” come from?
typosquat (English) comes from English typosquatting, from English cybersquatting, from English squatting, from English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
typosquat (English): To register a domain name likely to be mistyped...
Definitions
- To register a domain name likely to be mistyped...
Ancestry of “typosquat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | typosquatting | A form of cybersquatting that involves the... |
| 2 | English | cybersquatting | The registration of a well-known brand or company... |
| 3 | English | squatting | The posture of one who squats; The act or general... |
| 4 | English | squat | Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;... |
| 5 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 6 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 7 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 8 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 9 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 10 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |