Etymology

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Today it means: A microblog on Tumblr. Full definition →

English tumblelog ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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  1. Proto-Germanic*tūmōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*tumbōn
  3. Old Englishtumbian
  4. Middle Englishtumben
  5. Middle Englishtumblen
  6. Englishtumble
  7. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  10. Old Norseliggjader.?
  11. Middle Englishlogge
  12. Englishlog
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  15. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  16. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  17. Old Englishbōc
  18. Middle Englishbok
  19. Englishbook
  20. Englishlogbook
  21. Englishlog
  22. Englishtumblelog
  23. English todayTumblr

From tumblelog, an early form of microblogs.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.