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- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Proto-Germanic*natją
- Proto-West Germanic*nati
- Old Englishnett
- Middle Englishnet
- Englishnet
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
- Proto-Germanic*werką
- Proto-West Germanic*werk
- Old Englishweorc
- Middle Englishwerk
- Englishwork
- Englishnetwork
- Englishinternetwork
- EnglishInternet
- Englishi-
- Proto-Germanic*paidō
- Old Englishpād?
- Middle English*pod?
- Englishpod
- EnglishiPod
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*braidaz
- Proto-West Germanic*braid
- Old Englishbrād
- Middle Englishbrod
- Englishbroad
- Proto-Germanic*kas-
- Proto-Germanic*kastōną
- Old Norsekasta
- Middle Englishcasten
- Englishcast
- Englishbroadcast
- Englishpodcast
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
- Proto-Germanic*weraz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
- Proto-Germanic*alaną
- Proto-Germanic*aldiz
- Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
- Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
- Old Englishweorold
- Middle Englishworld
- Englishworld
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishworldwide
- Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*webaną
- Proto-Germanic*wabją
- Old Englishwebb
- Middle Englishweb
- Englishweb
- EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
- EnglishWeb
- Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
- Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
- Old Norseliggjader.?
- Middle Englishlogge
- Englishlog
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*bōks
- Proto-West Germanic*bōk
- Old Englishbōc
- Middle Englishbok
- Englishbook
- Englishlogbook
- Englishlog
- Englishweblog
- Englishblog
- Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
- Latinsphaera
- Late Latinsphēra
- Old Frenchsphere
- Middle Englishspere
- Englishsphere
- Englishblogosphere
- English todaypodosphere
Most likely a blend of podcast + blogosphere, it seems to have been first coined by podcaster Steve Gillmore during the opening session on podcasting of the Bloggercon III conference. By surface analysis, pod(cast) + -o- + -sphere.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.