Etymology

wikitext

wi·ki·text
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Today it means: A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis. Full definition →

English text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte
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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. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  14. Proto-Italic*teksō
  15. Latintexō
  16. New Latintextus
  17. Old Frenchtexte
  18. Middle Englishtext
  19. Englishtext
  20. English todaywikitext

From wiki + text.

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