Where does “Klickibunti” come from?
Klickibunti (German) comes from German Klick, from English click, from Middle English cleken, from Middle English clechen, from Old English clēċan, from Old English clyċċan, from Proto-Germanic klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic klu- — to swallow; swallow.
Klickibunti (German): A graphical user interface that relies on mouse interactions and a colorful design to appeal to users, often regarded as childish, unwieldy and overblown by more experienced users; angry fruit salad
Definitions
- A graphical user interface that relies on mouse interactions and a colorful design to appeal to users, often regarded as childish, unwieldy and overblown by more experienced users; angry fruit salad
Ancestry of “Klickibunti”, step by step
Klickibunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Klick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klick | The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse;... |
| 2 | English | click | A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively... |
| 3 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 4 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 5 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 6 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via German bunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bunt | mixed, varied, heterogeneous; multi-colored;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |