Etymology

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Today it means: User-driven content creation taking place over computer networks and blurring the traditional boundaries between consumption and production. Full definition →

English usage ← Middle English usage ← Anglo-Norman usage
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  9. Proto-Italic*doukō
  10. Latindūcō
  11. Latinprōdūcō
  12. Latinprōductiō
  13. Old Frenchproduction
  14. Middle Englishproduccioun
  15. Englishproduction
  16. Anglo-Normanusage
  17. Middle Englishusage
  18. Englishusage
  19. English todayprodusage

Blend of production + usage, coined by Australian media scholar Axel Bruns.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.