Etymograph

English

mandelbug

Blend of Mandelbrot + bug, in reference to the Mandelbrot set.

A blend of Mandelbrot + bug

German Mandelbrot ‘almond bread, almond biscuit, biscotto,…’

English Mandelbrot

Middle English bugge ‘scarecrow, hobgoblin’

English bug

Today it means

noun A software bug whose behaviour appears to be chaotic.

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

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