Where does “telematica” come from?
telematica (Italian) comes from French télématique, from French télécommunication, from French communication, from Latin commūnicātiō, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telematica (Italian): telematics; telecoms; data transmission
Definitions
- telematics; telecoms; data transmission
Ancestry of “telematica”, step by step
telematica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French télématique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | télématique | telematics |
| 2 | French | télécommunication | Telecommunication |
| 3 | French | communication | communication |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicātiō | sharing, imparting |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Italian informatica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | informatica | The discipline computer science, information... |
| 2 | Italian | informatico | computing; informatic |