Where does “typosquatting” come from?
typosquatting (English) comes from English cybersquatting, from English squatting, from English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, from Old French quatir, from Latin coactire, from Latin coactus — whale, sea monster; abyss.
typosquatting (English): A form of cybersquatting that involves the...
Definitions
- A form of cybersquatting that involves the...
Ancestry of “typosquatting”, step by step
typosquatting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cybersquatting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cybersquatting | The registration of a well-known brand or company... |
| 2 | English | squatting | The posture of one who squats; The act or general... |
| 3 | English | squat | Relatively short or low, and thick or broad;... |
| 4 | Middle English | squatten | to squat |
| 5 | Old French | esquatir | — |
| 6 | Old French | quatir | To press down, flatten |
| 7 | Latin | coactire | press together, force |
| 8 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 9 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English typo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | typo | A typographical error; To make a typographical... |
| 2 | English | typographer | a person skilled in typography; a typewriter; a... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |