ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY
The article aims at conducting etymological analysis of the English terminology of cybersecurity which has become topical under the conditions of a full-scale invasion into Ukraine and a growing cyberthreat to computer networks and applications all over the world. In spite of numerous works on the t...
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| description | The article aims at conducting etymological analysis of the English terminology of cybersecurity which has become topical under the conditions of a full-scale invasion into Ukraine and a growing cyberthreat to computer networks and applications all over the world. In spite of numerous works on the topic, there
remains a range of uninvestigated issues concerning the origin of English cybersecurity terms. Cybersecurity is defi ned as measures to protect a person, organization or country and their computer information against
crime or attacks carried out using the Internet. 450 terms from the Glossary of Cyber Security Terms were analyzed with a help of Online Etymology Dictionary. Methodology of investigation combines structural and etymological analyses. As a result of the structural analysis, the terms under study were subdivided into
one-component and multicomponent ones. It was found that three quarters of the studied terms appear to be complex in their structure. The findings of etymological analysis revealed that they are predominantly of Latin origin, while the second place among them is shared by the terms of a mixed Latin-Greek and English-Latin origin. They are followed in number by word-combinations of Latin origin with both Germanic roots
(9.3%) and English proper elements (9.3%). The least represented appeared to be the terms of Greek-Italian and Greek-Arabic hybrid origin, as well as combinations of American English and Italian. The remaining 106 one-component terms were also under consideration, among which the Latin-language term elements of the cybersecurity system prevail, making up a tenth part of the analyzed material. Other sources of the studied terms (Greek, Dutch, Germanic, Old Norse, Celtic, African, Arabic, and blending) turned out to
be considerably less characteristic of the studied material and are represented by only 1–2% of examples including both direct and indirect borrowings. Thus, the vast majority of the terms studied (76%) are of mixed (Greek-Latin-Old English) origin, a tenth of each (10%) are terms of English proper and Germanic
languages, as well as of Latin origin. In conclusion, the outcomes of etymological analysis revealed that English terminology of cyber security is predominantly a hybrid mixture of classical Latin-Greek roots with English elements.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e34f2ec8e29c43f78c0b9a3eed2ac98c2025-08-20T03:42:23ZengIvan Franko National University of LvivІноземна філологія0320-23722078-23732024-11-011374149http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/fpl.2024.137.4485ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGYVladyslav Zhovtiak0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2043-7421Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National UniversityThe article aims at conducting etymological analysis of the English terminology of cybersecurity which has become topical under the conditions of a full-scale invasion into Ukraine and a growing cyberthreat to computer networks and applications all over the world. In spite of numerous works on the topic, there remains a range of uninvestigated issues concerning the origin of English cybersecurity terms. Cybersecurity is defi ned as measures to protect a person, organization or country and their computer information against crime or attacks carried out using the Internet. 450 terms from the Glossary of Cyber Security Terms were analyzed with a help of Online Etymology Dictionary. Methodology of investigation combines structural and etymological analyses. As a result of the structural analysis, the terms under study were subdivided into one-component and multicomponent ones. It was found that three quarters of the studied terms appear to be complex in their structure. The findings of etymological analysis revealed that they are predominantly of Latin origin, while the second place among them is shared by the terms of a mixed Latin-Greek and English-Latin origin. They are followed in number by word-combinations of Latin origin with both Germanic roots (9.3%) and English proper elements (9.3%). The least represented appeared to be the terms of Greek-Italian and Greek-Arabic hybrid origin, as well as combinations of American English and Italian. The remaining 106 one-component terms were also under consideration, among which the Latin-language term elements of the cybersecurity system prevail, making up a tenth part of the analyzed material. Other sources of the studied terms (Greek, Dutch, Germanic, Old Norse, Celtic, African, Arabic, and blending) turned out to be considerably less characteristic of the studied material and are represented by only 1–2% of examples including both direct and indirect borrowings. Thus, the vast majority of the terms studied (76%) are of mixed (Greek-Latin-Old English) origin, a tenth of each (10%) are terms of English proper and Germanic languages, as well as of Latin origin. In conclusion, the outcomes of etymological analysis revealed that English terminology of cyber security is predominantly a hybrid mixture of classical Latin-Greek roots with English elements. http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/collections/index.php/foreighnphilology/article/view/4485etymologycybersecurityterminologylatingreekone-component termsmulticomponent terms |
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| title | ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY |
| title_full | ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY |
| title_fullStr | ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY |
| title_full_unstemmed | ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY |
| title_short | ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH CYBERSECURITY TERMINOLOGY |
| title_sort | etymological analysis of english cybersecurity terminology |
| topic | etymology cybersecurity terminology latin greek one-component terms multicomponent terms |
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