Etymograph

English

US-ASCII

From US (“United States”) + ASCII.

Formed from US ‘United States’ + ASCII

Proto-Indo-European *wéy ‘we’

Proto-Germanic *uns ‘us’

Proto-West Germanic *uns

Old English ūs ‘(to) us’

Middle English us

English US

Ancient Greek σκιᾱ́ ‘shadow’

Ancient Greek ἄσκῐος ‘shadowless’

Latin asciī

English ASCII

Today it means

name Synonym of ASCII, especially to differentiate it from 8-bit extended ASCII.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / US-ASCII