gateway-enabled
|gate-way-en-a-bled|
/ˈɡeɪt.weɪ ɪˈneɪb(ə)ld/
made to act as an entry point
Etymology
'gateway-enabled' originates from Modern English, specifically combining the noun 'gateway' and the adjective/verb-derived participle 'enabled', where 'gateway' meant 'an entry or access point' and 'enable' meant 'to make able'.
'gateway' itself compounds Old English elements (compare Old English 'geat' for 'gate' and 'weg' for 'way') and evolved into the Modern English 'gateway'; 'enable' comes from Old French/Norman en- + 'able' and entered English via medieval usage, and the compound 'gateway-enabled' is a recent technical formation in computing and networking.
Initially, the components meant 'gate' and 'way' (a physical entry path) and 'to make able'; over time the compound came to mean specifically 'configured to act as a (network or system) entry/exit point' in technical contexts.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
configured or equipped to function as a gateway; having gateway functionality enabled (often used in networking or systems contexts to indicate a device or service can act as an entry/exit point for traffic).
The router is gateway-enabled, so it can route traffic between the local network and the internet.
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Last updated: 2025/10/21 19:24