Where does “adware” come from?
adware (Portuguese) comes from English adware, from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
adware (Portuguese): adware software application that displays advertisements
Definitions
- adware software application that displays advertisements
Ancestry of “adware”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adware | A software application that includes... |
| 2 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 3 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 4 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 5 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 6 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 7 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 8 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |