English
bannerware
Bannerware comes from Proto-Germanic *warō ‘a good, merchandise, ware’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘a good, merchandise, ware’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
- English1500–presentsoftware
- Englishearliest quotation 2000bannerware
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘a good, merchandise, ware’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
- English1500–presentsoftware
- Englishearliest quotation 2000bannerware
Earliest quotation: 2000, Stuart Low, Nothing much Cute about THIS!: “I use Crystal FTP, top quality FTP CLient^([sic]), bannerware,…”
A compound of banner + -ware
Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to bind’
Proto-Germanic *bandiz ‘band’
Old French baniere
Middle English baner
English banner
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to heed, watch, guard, protect’
wear, guard, con, garage, regard, ward, worm, optic, warn, garrison, weir, verge, panorama, beware, reverence, wry, vermin, revere, vermilion, prosaic, diorama, guaranty, milliner, vermicelli, varmint, vermeil, vermiculite, 64 more
through English software
Today it means
noun software that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *warō / bannerware