Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki. · To contribute to a wiki. · To participate in the wiki-based production of.
Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.
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