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"Ur" is a German prefix meaning "old", "original", "predecessor". So Ur-Lisp would be the old original Lisp that is predecessor to all other Lisps. Other exam
by throwaway294566 4y ago
"Ur" is a German prefix meaning "old", "original", "predecessor".
So Ur-Lisp would be the old original Lisp that is predecessor to all other Lisps.
Other examples include Urrind (Rind == Bovine) which would be the predecessor of all species of bovine. Urzeit (Zeit == time), which is a generic very ancient time period before all humans (where the Urrind or even the dinosaurs might have lived). Ur-Computer might be one of the first computers, like the original Zuse or ENIAC.
- solarkraft 4y agoBonus example: Urgroßvater -> great-grandfather. You can add as many Ur-s as you wish.
- scotteric 4y agoMy favorite example Ursuppe == primordial soup.
- Tomte 4y agoAlso a fantastic indie boardgame - also available in English.
- kwk1 4y agoAnother good example: the real-but-extinct animal aurochs = "ur-ox."
- xhevahir 4y agoIn addition to predecessor it could also mean "archetypal." Goethe believed he had seen the Urpflanze, or plant-archetype, while traveling in Italy.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoUradel -- people whose families have been noble for a very long time. Briefadel -- people whose families were ennobled in modern times. Edit: "modern times" in this context is "since the 14th century".