Where does “Arbeitsspeicher” come from?
Arbeitsspeicher (German) comes from German Speicher, from Middle High German spīcher, from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
Arbeitsspeicher (German): random access memory
Definitions
- random access memory
Ancestry of “Arbeitsspeicher”, step by step
Arbeitsspeicher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Speicher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Speicher | granary; storage room in the attic; memory |
| 2 | Middle High German | spīcher | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spīhhāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 5 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via German arbeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeit | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| 2 | Middle High German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |