Etymology

crapware

C3R1A1P3W4A1R1E1

Today it means: Software that is useless or of poor quality. Full definition →

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

  1. Old Dutchkrappen
  2. Old Frenchcrappe
  3. Middle Frenchcrape
  4. Middle Englishcrappe
  5. Englishcrap
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  7. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  9. Old Englishsōfte
  10. Middle Englishsofte
  11. Englishsoft
  12. Proto-Germanic*warō
  13. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  14. Old Englishwaru
  15. Middle Englishware
  16. Englishsoftwarebf.
  17. English todaycrapware

From crap + -ware.

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