Etymology

Zuckerberg

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Today it means: To behave like Mark Zuckerberg, especially to eject a co-investor by diluting their stock, similar to the alleged treatment of Eduardo Saverin. Full definition →

German Zuckerberg ← Middle High German bërc ← Old High German bërg
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Italianzucchero
  8. Middle High Germanzucker
  9. GermanZucker
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰos
  12. Proto-Germanic*bergaz
  13. Proto-West Germanic*berg
  14. Old High Germanbërg
  15. Middle High Germanbërc
  16. GermanBerg
  17. GermanZuckerberg
  18. English todayZuckerberg

Borrowed from German Zuckerberg. From German Zucker (“sugar”) + Berg (“mountain”).

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