Etymology

cyberwar

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Today it means: Cyberwarfare. Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  6. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  8. Frankish*werʀ
  9. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  10. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  11. Old Englishwerre
  12. Middle Englishwerre
  13. Englishwar
  14. English todaycyberwar

From cyber- + war.

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