Etymology

pirateware

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Today it means: Pirated software. Full definition →

English softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*périh₂
  3. Proto-Hellenic*péřřa
  4. Ancient Greekπεῖρᾰ (peîră)
  5. Ancient Greekπειράω (peiráō)
  6. Ancient Greekπειρᾱτής (peirātḗs)
  7. Latinpīrāta
  8. Old Frenchpirate
  9. Middle Englishpirate
  10. Englishpirate
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  12. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  13. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  14. Old Englishsōfte
  15. Middle Englishsofte
  16. Englishsoft
  17. Proto-Germanic*warō
  18. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  19. Old Englishwaru
  20. Middle Englishware
  21. Englishsoftwarebf.
  22. English todaypirateware

From pirate + -ware.

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