SIMware

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin subscrīberebor.

Middle English subscriben

English subscribe

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English subscriber

Middle French identitébor.

Latin idem

Latin -tās

Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs)calq.

Latin identitāslbor.

Middle English ydemptite

English identity

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médos

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin moduluslbor.

French modulebor.

English module

English Subscriber Identity Moduleacronym

English SIM

Pre-Greekbor.?

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek χαράκ-ι̯ω (kharák-i̯ō)?

Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰ́σσω (khărắssō)?

Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤈𐤉𐤕 (ḥrṭyt)der.?

Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Latin chartader.

Old French cartebor.

Middle English carde

English card

English SIM cardclip.

English SIM

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Germanic *samþuz / *samftuz

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

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Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Germanic *-jaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ī

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe

English soft

Proto-Germanic *warō

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English -ware

English softwarebf.

English -ware

English SIMware

From SIM + -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

SIMware (uncountable)

1. (computing) software held on, or running on, a SIM card

References

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Anagrams

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