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Ah, so that's the origin of semáforo in Spanish, which the current meaning is "traffic light". And a semaphore on programming, too.
by anthk 2y ago
Ah, so that's the origin of semáforo in Spanish, which the current meaning is
"traffic light". And a semaphore on programming, too.
- Rygian 2y agoThe word "semáforo" literally means "carrier of meaning" from the Greek σῆμα (sêma) meaning 'signal' and ‒́foro meaning 'carrier'. The visual telegraph is just one such instance of a "carrier of meaning".
- anthk 2y agoAh, well, like semantics... right. I didn't know about 'foro/phoro'. >meaning Could it mean 'symbol' too?