Etymology

SIMware

S1I1M3W4A1R1E1

Today it means: software held on, or running on, a SIM card Full definition →

English softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Englishsubscriber
  2. Middle Frenchidentité
  3. Latinidem
  4. Ancient Greekταὐτότης (tautótēs)
  5. Latinidentitā
  6. Middle Englishydemptite
  7. Englishidentity
  8. Frenchmodule
  9. Englishmodule
  10. EnglishSubscriber Identity Moduleacronym
  11. EnglishSIM
  12. Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
  13. Latincharta
  14. Old Frenchcarte
  15. Middle Englishcarde
  16. Englishcard
  17. EnglishSIM cardclip.
  18. EnglishSIM
  19. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  20. Old Englishsōfte
  21. Middle Englishsofte
  22. Englishsoft
  23. Proto-Germanic*warō
  24. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  25. Old Englishwaru
  26. Middle Englishware
  27. Englishsoftwarebf.
  28. English todaySIMware

From SIM + -ware.

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