Where does “username” come from?
username (Portuguese) comes from English username, 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.
username (Portuguese): username
Ancestry of “username”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | username | A person's identification on an individual... |
| 2 | English | ñame | Synonym of name |
| 3 | Middle English | name | name |
| 4 | Old English | nama | name; noun |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | namō | name |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |