Where does “database” come from?
database (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål base, from French base, from English based, from English Base, from Middle English base, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις — to step.
database (Norwegian Bokmål): a database
Definitions
- a database
Ancestry of “database”, step by step
database traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål base
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | base | a base |
| 2 | French | base | base; base, basis |
| 3 | English | based | Founded on; having a basis; often used in... |
| 4 | English | Base | Something from which other things extend; a foundation |
| 5 | Middle English | base | A foundation or base; the bottom of a building;... |
| 6 | Old French | base | base bottom part; supporting part |
| 7 | Latin | basis | A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation; The... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |
via Norwegian Bokmål data
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | data | data; "short form of" datateknologi |
| 2 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |