Etymology

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Today it means: An Instagram account focused on a dog. Full definition →

English Instagram ← Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Old English*dogga
  2. Middle Englishdogge
  3. Englishdog
  4. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  5. Latinin-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latinīnstō
  12. Latinīnstāns
  13. Old Frenchinstant
  14. Middle Englishinstant
  15. Latinīnstān
  16. Frenchinstant
  17. Englishinstant
  18. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  19. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  20. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  21. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  22. Latincamera
  23. Englishcamera
  24. Englishinstant cameraellip.
  25. Englishinstant
  26. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  27. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  28. Englishtele-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  31. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  32. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  33. Englishtelegram
  34. EnglishInstagram
  35. English todaydogstagram

Blend of dog + Instagram.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.