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English word origin

Etymology of dox

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Prot

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

plural of doc

verb

Alternative spelling of doxx (“To publish the personal information of [an individual] without their consent”).

noun

Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumlbor. Middle French documentbor. English document English docs English dox Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

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