Etymology

peercast

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Today it means: To transmit streaming media via a peer-to-peer network. Full definition →

English broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*pūrijan
  2. Old English*pȳran
  3. Middle Englishperen
  4. Englishpeer
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  8. Old Englishbrād
  9. Middle Englishbrod
  10. Englishbroad
  11. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  12. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  13. Old Norsekasta
  14. Middle Englishcasten
  15. Englishcast
  16. Englishbroadcast
  17. English todaypeercast

From peer + -cast.

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