Etymology

wikiquette

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Today it means: The etiquette dictating the manner in which to behave when working on a wiki. Full definition →

English etiquette ← Middle English web ← Old English webb
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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. Englishetiquette
  13. English todaywikiquette

Blend of wiki + etiquette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.