Etymology

videoblog

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Today it means: A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. Full definition →

English blog ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  10. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  13. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  15. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  16. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  17. Old Englishweorold
  18. Middle Englishworld
  19. Englishworld
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  25. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  26. Old Englishwīd
  27. Englishwide
  28. Englishworldwide
  29. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  30. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  31. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  32. Old Englishwebb
  33. Middle Englishweb
  34. Englishweb
  35. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  36. EnglishWeb
  37. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  38. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  39. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  40. Old Norseliggjader.?
  41. Middle Englishlogge
  42. Englishlog
  43. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  44. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  45. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  46. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  47. Old Englishbōc
  48. Middle Englishbok
  49. Englishbook
  50. Englishlogbook
  51. Englishlog
  52. Englishweblog
  53. Englishblog
  54. English todayvideoblog

From video- + blog.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.