Where does “userspace” come from?

userspace (English) comes from English namespace, from English ñame, from Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

userspace (English): The area of memory used for a user's...

Definitions

The area of memory used for a user's...

Ancestry of “userspace”, step by step

userspace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English namespace

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	namespace	A conceptual space that groups classes,...
2	English	ñame	Synonym of name
3	Middle English	name	name
4	Old English	nama	name; noun
5	Proto-West Germanic	namō	name
6	Proto-Germanic	namô	name
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁nómn̥	name
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₃neh₃-	to name

via English user

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	user	One who uses or makes use of something, a...
2	English	R	The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this...
3	Etruscan	𐌓	—
4	Ancient Greek	Ρ	rho
5	Phoenician	𐤓	reš; resh
6	Egyptian	𓁶	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →