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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one is short for discus and the other is short for diskette.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Disk comes from the Greek word Diskos. And Disc from ~~the French word Disque~~. Edit: You were right it comes from Latin Discus

Diskette means little disk. Floppy disks existed before diskettes.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Diskette comes from cassette which had been used in photography long before describing tapes and just meant that it had a built in protective case.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The -ette in cassette and diskette is a diminutive suffix. Cassette means little box. Casse is French for box. And thus Diskette means little disk, not disk in a protective case. IBM introduced the term to mean disks smaller than their 8” floppy disks

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cassette

https://www.etymonline.com/word/diskette