Etymology

cyberworld

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Today it means: The world of intercomputer communication Full definition →

English world ← Middle English world ← Old English weorold
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  2. Englishcyberneticclip.
  3. Englishcyber-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  6. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  9. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  11. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  13. Old Englishweorold
  14. Middle Englishworld
  15. Englishworld
  16. English todaycyberworld

From cyber- + world.

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