Etymology

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Today it means: An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet. Full definition →

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From Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.