English
abandonware
From abandon + -ware.
A compound of abandon + -ware
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
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Late Latin bannum ‘proclamation’
Old French bandon ‘jurisdiction, control’
Old French abandoner ‘to abandon’
Middle English abandounen
English abandon
Today it means
noun A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
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Etymograph / abandonware