Where does “E-Mail-Verschlüsselung” come from?
E-Mail-Verschlüsselung (German) comes from German e-mail, from English e-mail, from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt, from Proto-Germanic smeltaną — to soften, to melt.
E-Mail-Verschlüsselung (German): e-mail encryption
Definitions
- e-mail encryption
Ancestry of “E-Mail-Verschlüsselung”, step by step
E-Mail-Verschlüsselung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German e-mail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | e-mail system; letter | |
| 2 | English | Alternative spelling of email | |
| 3 | English | A system for transferring messages from one... | |
| 4 | Middle French | — | |
| 5 | Old French | esmal | enamel |
| 6 | Latin | smaltum | enamel |
| 7 | Frankish | smalt | melted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via German Verschlüsselung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verschlüsselung | encryption, encoding |
| 2 | German | verschlüsseln | to encrypt |
| 3 | German | Ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away' |
| 4 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |