Etymology

selfie

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Today it means: A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone. Full definition →

English self ← Middle English self ← Old English self
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Middle Englishself
  6. Englishself
  7. English todayselfie

From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.