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noun

A website in the form of an ongoing journal.

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OriginEnglish log ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc →
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Meanings

weblog1

nounweblog (plural weblogs)

plural weblogs · alternative Weblog

  1. InternetdatedA website in the form of an ongoing journal.

    The case of the Loufan landslide indicates how a mainstream journalist-blogger used his weblog to expose the cover-up of an accident in north-west China.

    2011, Xin Xin, “Web 2.0, citizen journalism and social justice in China”, in Graham Meikle, Guy Redden, editors, News Online: Transformations and Continuities, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184
    1 more example

    A Weblog is updated as often as the writer decides and can include photographs and links to other sites around the Web. There are different ways to create a Weblog, and you do not need your own file server.

    2002 July 25, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Your World, Online: Setting Up a Weblog”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: blog

Weblog2

nounWeblog (plural Weblogs)

plural Weblogs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of weblog.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA website in the form of an ongoing journal.

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Origin

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

Compound of Web + log. Coined by American blogger Jorn Barger in 1997.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

weblog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weblog

MLA

“weblog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weblog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weblog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weblog.

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