Where does “.docm” come from?

.docm (Translingual) comes from Translingual .doc, from English DOC, from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

.docm (Translingual): An extension for Microsoft Word documents with macros

Definitions

  1. An extension for Microsoft Word documents with macros

Ancestry of “.docm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual.docAn extension for legacy Microsoft Word documents
2EnglishDOCInitialism of drug of choice; Initialism of...
3EnglishdoctorA physician; a member of the medical profession;...
4Middle Englishdoctourdoctor
5Anglo-NormandoctourAlternative spelling of doctur
6Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor