Etymology

milblog

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Today it means: A blog written by a person serving in the military. Full definition →

English blog ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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The story

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

Blend of military + blog.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.