Bluetooth
The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
Proper noun
- The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
- An short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth ▲ Old Norse Blátǫnncalq. English Bluetooth From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
Forms
Derived
BLE bluebugging bluejack bluejacker bluejacking bluesnarfing
Verb
- To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
- The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets. - 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:
- Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever. - 2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92: