Where does “uplist” come from?

uplist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

uplist (English): To move further up a list

Definitions

  1. To move further up a list

Ancestry of “uplist”, step by step

uplist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →