Where does “Internetverbindung” come from?
Internetverbindung (German) comes from German Internet, from English internet, from English internetwork, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net.
Internetverbindung (German): Internet connection
Definitions
- Internet connection
Ancestry of “Internetverbindung”, step by step
Internetverbindung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Internet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Internet | internet |
| 2 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 3 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 4 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 5 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 6 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 8 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 10 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 11 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 14 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via German Verbindung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verbindung | connection; compound |
| 2 | German | verbinden | to join, to combine, to connect; to bandage; to... |
| 3 | German | ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix for-; Inseparable... |
| 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 |