Etymology

telesoftware

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Today it means: The broadcasting of software for home computers via Teletext, viewdata systems, etc. Full definition →

English software ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  5. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  7. Old Englishsōfte
  8. Middle Englishsofte
  9. Englishsoft
  10. Proto-Germanic*warō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  12. Old Englishwaru
  13. Middle Englishware
  14. Englishsoftware
  15. English todaytelesoftware

From tele- + software.

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