Where does “рунетчик” come from?
рунетчик (Russian) comes from Russian Руне́т, from Russian интерне́т, from English internet, from English internetwork, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit.
рунетчик (Russian): a user of Russian-language sites on the Internet
Definitions
- a user of Russian-language sites on the Internet
Ancestry of “рунетчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Руне́т | The Russian-language websites on the Internet, taken as a whole, Runet |
| 2 | Russian | интерне́т | internet |
| 3 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 4 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 5 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 6 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 7 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 8 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 9 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 11 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 12 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 15 | Cebuano | -hi | — |