Etymology

egosurf

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Today it means: To search the Internet for references to one's name or works in order to gratify one's ego. Full definition →

English surf ← Middle English suffe?
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The story

  1. Englishego-
  2. Middle Englishsuffe?
  3. Englishsuff?
  4. Englishsurf
  5. English todayegosurf

From ego- + surf.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.