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”

Every word from Proto-Germanic twitwizōną →Every word from Old English twiterian →Every word from Middle English twitren →