Where does “writebehind” come from?
writebehind (English) comes from English behind, from Middle English behinde, from Old English behindan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
writebehind (English): The operation of initially writing data to a cache and later copying it to permanent storage
Definitions
- The operation of initially writing data to a cache and later copying it to permanent storage
Ancestry of “writebehind”, step by step
writebehind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English behind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | behind | At the back of; positioned with something else in... |
| 2 | Middle English | behinde | — |
| 3 | Old English | behindan | behind |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English write
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | write | To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in... |
| 2 | Middle English | writen | To write draw letters on paper to form words; note the following common specialised senses |
| 3 | Old English | wrītan | to incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wrītan | to scratch, to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wrītaną | to scratch, carve; to engrave, inscribe, write |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |