wikiality

The story

1. Proto-Polynesian*witi
2. Hawaiianwiki
3. Hawaiianwikiwiki
4. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
5. Proto-Germanic*webaną
6. Proto-Germanic*wabją
7. Old Englishwebb
8. Middle Englishweb
9. Englishweb
10. EnglishWikiWikiWebclip.
11. Englishwiki
12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
13. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
14. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
16. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
17. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
18. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
19. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
20. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos)
21. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
22. Proto-Hellenic*pā́wits
23. Ancient Greekπαῖς (paîs)
24. Ancient Greekπαιδεύω (paideúō)
25. Ancient Greekπαιδείᾱ (paideíā)
26. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)
27. New Latinencyclopaedīa
28. Englishencyclopedia
29. EnglishWikipedia
30. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
31. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
32. Proto-Italic*reis
33. Classical Latinrēs
34. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
35. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
36. Latinreālis
37. Medieval Latinreālitā
38. Frenchréalité
39. Englishreality
40. English todaywikiality

Blend of Wikipedia + reality, coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert on 31 July 2006 on his show The Colbert Report.