Where does “WAN” come from?

WAN (Portuguese) comes from English WAN, from Middle English wan, from Old English wann, from Proto-Germanic wannaz — dark, swart.

WAN (Portuguese): WAN wide area network

Definitions

  1. WAN wide area network

Ancestry of “WAN”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWANAcronym of wide area network
2Middle Englishwanwan; Alternative form of wane; Alternative form...
3Old Englishwanndark; first-person singular preterite of winnan;...
4Proto-Germanicwannazdark, swart
Every word from Proto-Germanic wannaz →Every word from Old English wann →Every word from Middle English wan →