Etymology

streambait

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Today it means: Streaming content, especially music, primarily created for the sake of optimizing user engagement. Full definition →

English bait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
  4. Proto-Germanic*straumaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*straum
  6. Old Englishstrēam
  7. Middle Englishstrem
  8. Englishstream
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  11. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
  13. Old Norsebeita
  14. Middle Englishbayte
  15. Englishbait
  16. English todaystreambait

From stream + -bait. Modeled on clickbait.

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