Where does “metaprogramare” come from?
metaprogramare (Romanian) comes from Romanian programare, from Romanian programa, from French programmer, from French programme, from Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα, from Ancient Greek προγράφω, from Ancient Greek πρό- — passed , crossed.
metaprogramare (Romanian): metaprogramming
Definitions
- metaprogramming
Ancestry of “metaprogramare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | programare | appointment; programming |
| 2 | Romanian | programa | to program |
| 3 | French | programmer | to program; to program, to write program code |
| 4 | French | programme | a program; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | programma | a proclamation, edict |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρόγραμμα | written public notice, edict; a written public... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | προγράφω | to set forth as a public notice; I set forth as a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |