English

goroutine

From Go (“programming language”) + routine, to rhyme with coroutine.

A compound of Go ‘programming language’ + routine

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’

Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’

Old English gān ‘to go’

Middle English gon

English Go

Latin rupta via

French route ‘road, route’

French routine

Today it means

noun A lightweight communicating process in the Go programming language.

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

Etymograph / goroutine