Etymology

telefrag

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Today it means: To frag (a player) by teleporting into the other player. Full definition →

English frag ← French grenade ← Old French grenate
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  5. Latinfrangō
  6. Latinfragmentum
  7. Middle English[Term?]
  8. Middle Englishfragment
  9. Englishfragment
  10. Englishfragmentation
  11. Italianpom granat
  12. Old Frenchpomme grenateclip.
  13. Old Frenchgrenate
  14. Frenchgrenade
  15. Englishgrenade
  16. Englishfragmentation grenadeclip.
  17. Englishfrag
  18. English todaytelefrag

From tele- + frag.

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