Etymology

trendbait

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Today it means: Content created with the purpose of becoming viral. Full definition →

English bait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  2. Old Englishtrendan
  3. Middle Englishtrenden
  4. Englishtrend
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  7. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
  9. Old Norsebeita
  10. Middle Englishbayte
  11. Englishbait
  12. English todaytrendbait

From trend + -bait.

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