Etymology

vlog

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

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

Blend of video + blog, itself a rebracketing of weblog.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 21st c. A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.