Etymology

cyberliterature

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Today it means: Literature that relies on a cyber medium, particular in order to achieve interactivity. Full definition →

English literature ← Middle English literature ← Old French littérature
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂leyH-
  6. Old Latinleitera
  7. Latinlīterader.?
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dipʰtʰérā?
  9. Ancient Greekδιφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)
  10. Etruscan[Term?]bor.?
  11. Latinlittera
  12. Latinlitterātūra
  13. Old Frenchlittérature
  14. Middle Englishliterature
  15. Englishliterature
  16. English todaycyberliterature

From cyber- + literature.

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