Where does “vendor-agnostic” come from?
vendor-agnostic (English) comes from English vendor, from Anglo-Norman vendor, from Latin venditor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
vendor-agnostic (English): Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer
Definitions
- Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer
Ancestry of “vendor-agnostic”, step by step
vendor-agnostic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vendor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vendor | A person or a company that vends or sells; A... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | vendor | — |
| 3 | Latin | venditor | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English agnostic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agnostic | Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄγνωστος | unknown, unheard of, forgotten; unknowable;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |