Etymology

cheeseware

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Today it means: Exceptionally low-quality software. Full definition →

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

  1. Latincāseus
  2. Proto-Germanic*kāsijaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kāsī
  4. Old Englishċīese
  5. Middle Englishchese
  6. Englishcheese
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  8. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  10. Old Englishsōfte
  11. Middle Englishsofte
  12. Englishsoft
  13. Proto-Germanic*warō
  14. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  15. Old Englishwaru
  16. Middle Englishware
  17. Englishsoftwarebf.
  18. English todaycheeseware

From cheese + -ware.

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