Etymology

internetwork

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Today it means: A network of networks. Full definition →

English network ← Middle English net ← Old English nett
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The story

  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. Englishwork
  13. Englishnetwork
  14. English todayinternetwork

From inter- + network.

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