Where does “networking” come from?

networking (Spanish) comes from English networking, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus.

networking (Spanish): networking meeting new people

Definitions

  1. networking meeting new people

Ancestry of “networking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnetworkingpresent participle of network; The use of...
2EnglishnetworkA fabric or structure of fibrous elements...
3EnglishNetthe Internet
4Middle Englishnetworthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
5Anglo-Normanneitgood, desireable, clean
6Old Frenchnetneat, decent
7Vulgar Latinnittus
8Latinnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome,...
9Latinniteresecond-person singular future active indicative...
10LatinniteoI am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
12Cebuano-hi
Every word from Cebuano -hi
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