Etymology

meatware

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Today it means: Human beings or their brains, when regarded as a form of computer hardware or software. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
  2. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mati
  4. Old Englishmete
  5. Middle Englishmete
  6. Englishmeat
  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 todaymeatware

From meat + -ware.

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