Etymology

groupware

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Today it means: software designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  3. Frankish*krupp
  4. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  5. Italiangruppo
  6. Frenchgroupe
  7. Italiangruppo
  8. Englishgroup
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  10. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  12. Old Englishsōfte
  13. Middle Englishsofte
  14. Englishsoft
  15. Proto-Germanic*warō
  16. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  17. Old Englishwaru
  18. Middle Englishware
  19. Englishsoftwarebf.
  20. English todaygroupware

From group + -ware.

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