goroutine

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *gāną

Proto-West Germanic *gān

Old English gān

Middle English gon

English go

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English Googleinflu.

English Go

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti

Latin rumpō

Latin ruptus

Latin rupta

Old French rote

French route

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

French routineubor.

English routine

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English coroutineinflu.

English goroutine

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

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Noun

goroutine (plural goroutines)

1. (programming) A lightweight communicating process in the Go programming language.
   • 2012, Ivo Balbaert, The Way to Go, page 406:

     Exercise 14.8: Starting from the Fibonacci-program in Listing 6.10, make a solution which isolates the calculation of the Fibonacci-terms in a goroutine, which sends these results on a channel. Close the channel when finished.