Where does “namespace” come from?

namespace (Portuguese) comes from English namespace, from English ñame, from Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic namō, from Proto-Germanic namô, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

namespace (Portuguese): namespace abstract space of keywords

Definitions

  1. namespace abstract space of keywords

Ancestry of “namespace”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnamespaceA conceptual space that groups classes,...
2EnglishñameSynonym of name
3Middle Englishnamename
4Old Englishnamaname; noun
5Proto-West Germanicnamōname
6Proto-Germanicnamôname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic namô →