Etymology

microblog

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Today it means: A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities. Full definition →

English blog ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  7. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  10. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  12. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  13. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  14. Old Englishweorold
  15. Middle Englishworld
  16. Englishworld
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  22. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  23. Old Englishwīd
  24. Englishwide
  25. Englishworldwide
  26. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  27. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  28. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  29. Old Englishwebb
  30. Middle Englishweb
  31. Englishweb
  32. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  33. EnglishWeb
  34. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  35. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  36. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  37. Old Norseliggjader.?
  38. Middle Englishlogge
  39. Englishlog
  40. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  41. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  42. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  43. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  44. Old Englishbōc
  45. Middle Englishbok
  46. Englishbook
  47. Englishlogbook
  48. Englishlog
  49. Englishweblog
  50. Englishblog
  51. English todaymicroblog

From micro- + blog.

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