Etymology

shitware

S1H4I1T1W4A1R1E1

Today it means: Software of exceptionally poor quality. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*skeyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*skéydt
  5. Proto-Germanic*skītaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*skitiz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*skiti
  8. Proto-West Germanic*skittjā
  9. Old Englishsċitte
  10. Old English*sċite
  11. Middle Englishschite
  12. Englishshit
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  14. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  16. Old Englishsōfte
  17. Middle Englishsofte
  18. Englishsoft
  19. Proto-Germanic*warō
  20. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  21. Old Englishwaru
  22. Middle Englishware
  23. Englishsoftwarebf.
  24. English todayshitware

From shit + -ware.

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