Etymology

censorware

C3E1N1S1O1R1W4A1R1E1

Today it means: Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage, on the basis of content being regarded as objectionable. Full definition →

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

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

From censor + -ware.

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