Where does “rançongiciel” come from?
rançongiciel (French) comes from French rançon, from Old French rençon, from Latin redemptio, from Latin redimō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
rançongiciel (French): ransomware
Definitions
- ransomware
Ancestry of “rançongiciel”, step by step
rançongiciel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French rançon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rançon | ransom |
| 2 | Old French | rençon | — |
| 3 | Latin | redemptio | redemption, redeeming |
| 4 | Latin | redimō | to buy back, repurchase, redeem |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French logiciel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | logiciel | software; computer program, piece of software |
| 2 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 3 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |