Where does “datavirus” come from?
datavirus (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål data, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
datavirus (Norwegian Bokmål): virus, computer virus
Definitions
- virus, computer virus
Ancestry of “datavirus”, step by step
datavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål virus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | virus | a virus; a computer virus |
| 2 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |