Etymology

cybersquatter

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Today it means: One who participates in cybersquatting. Full definition →

English squatter ← Middle English squatten ← Old French esquatir
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  7. Proto-Italic*eks
  8. Latinex
  9. Latinex-
  10. Old Frenches-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  13. Proto-Italic*kom
  14. Proto-Italic*kom-
  15. Latinco-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  18. Proto-Italic*agō
  19. Latinagō
  20. Latincōgō
  21. Latincoāctus
  22. Old Frenchquatir
  23. Old Frenchesquatir
  24. Middle Englishsquatten
  25. Englishsquat
  26. Englishsquatter
  27. English todaycybersquatter

From cyber- + squatter.

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