Etymology

cyberplagiarism

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Today it means: Plagiarism of work found on the Internet. Full definition →

English plagiarism ← Latin plagiārius ← Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  7. Latinplagium
  8. Latinplagiārius
  9. Englishplagiary
  10. Englishplagiarism
  11. English todaycyberplagiarism

From cyber- + plagiarism.

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