Etymology

iWar

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Today it means: A form of Internet-based warfare. Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  16. Old Englishweorc
  17. Middle Englishwerk
  18. Englishwork
  19. Englishnetwork
  20. Englishinternetwork
  21. EnglishInternet
  22. Englishi-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  24. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  25. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  26. Frankish*werʀ
  27. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  28. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  29. Old Englishwerre
  30. Middle Englishwerre
  31. Englishwar
  32. English todayiWar

From i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices and computer programs”) + war.

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