Etymology of the English word debug
the English word
debugusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the English word
bugDate
The earliest known usage of debug in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
