Etymology

begware

B3E1G2W4A1R1E1

Today it means: nagware Full definition →

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

  1. Middle Englishbeggen
  2. Englishbeg
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  4. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. Englishsoftwarebf.
  14. English todaybegware

From beg + -ware.

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