Etymology of the English word backspace
the English word
backspacederived from the English word
backderived from the English word
spacederived from the Old French word
espacederived from the Latin word
spatium (interval, time, extent; race course, lap, circuit; space; area, expanse)
derived from the Latin word
patere (stand open, be open; extend)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petÉ™-Usage
Word found in Modern English
