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e-tool

noun

Etymology

From e- + tool.

  1. derived from *dewh₂-✻ — “to tie to, secure”
  2. derived from *tōlą✻ — “that which is used in preparation, tool”
  3. derived from tól
  4. inherited from tōl — “tool, implement, instrument”
  5. inherited from tool
  6. prefixed as e-tool — “e + tool”

Definitions

  1. A computer- or Web-based application intended to make a task easier.

  2. An entrenching tool.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for e-tool. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA