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Where does “Twitter” come from?

Twitter comes from Middle English twitren, Old English twiterian, and Proto-Germanic twitwizōną, likely from an imitative root expressing a quick trembling or quivering motion.

Twitter (English): A user account belonging to the above service; To...

Definitions

  1. A user account belonging to the above service; To...

Ancestry of “Twitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtwitren—
2Old Englishtwiterian—
3Proto-GermanictwitwizōnąTo twitter; chirp

Words derived from “Twitter”

  • twitterer
  • Twitterverse
  • Twittersphere
  • Twittermob
  • Twitterer
  • Twitterdom
  • Twitterable
  • Twitterbot
  • Твиттер
  • Twitter
  • ツイッター
  • ทวิตเตอร์
  • توییتر
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