Where does “Twitterati” come from?
Twitterati (English) comes from English literati, from Latin literati, from Latin literatus, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Twitterati (English): People who use the microblogging service Twitter
Definitions
- People who use the microblogging service Twitter
Ancestry of “Twitterati”, step by step
Twitterati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English literati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literati | Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who... |
| 2 | Latin | literati | nominative masculine plural of literātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | literatus | Alternative form of litterātus |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
via English Twitter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | A user account belonging to the above service; To... | |
| 2 | Middle English | twitren | — |
| 3 | Old English | twiterian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | twitwizōną | To twitter; chirp |