Etymology

geekdom

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Today it means: The world or sphere of geeks. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English geek
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The story

  1. Englishgeek
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  4. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  5. English todaygeekdom

From geek + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.