Where does “PC통신” come from?
PC통신 (Korean) comes from English pc, from English postcard, from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus — passed , crossed.
PC통신 (Korean): nationwide computer networks that preceded the World Wide Web/Internet, with Telnet-based dial-up connections and bulletin board messaging systems
Definitions
- nationwide computer networks that preceded the World Wide Web/Internet, with Telnet-based dial-up connections and bulletin board messaging systems
Ancestry of “PC통신”, step by step
PC통신 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pc | Abbreviation of piece; Abbreviation of postcard;... |
| 2 | English | postcard | A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin... |
| 3 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 4 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 5 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 6 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |