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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-Germanic*paidō
24. Old Englishpād?
25. Middle English*pod?
26. Englishpod
27. EnglishiPod
28. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
29. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
30. Proto-West Germanic*braid
31. Old Englishbrād
32. Middle Englishbrod
33. Englishbroad
34. Proto-Germanic*kas-
35. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
36. Old Norsekasta
37. Middle Englishcasten
38. Englishcast
39. Englishbroadcast
40. English todaypodcast

Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.

First known use, by meaning

• from early 21st c. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
• from early 21st c. To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
• from early 21st c. To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.