English
syncword
From sync + word.
Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’
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Proto-Germanic *wurdą
Proto-West Germanic *word
Old English word
Middle English word ‘a word’
English word
Today it means
noun A short marker used to synchronize a transmission by indicating the end of the header information and the start of the data.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “syncword”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / syncword