Where does “zoom” come from?

Zoom is a 20th-century English word of unknown origin and meaning development.

zoom (English): a humming noise from something moving very fast;...

Definitions

  1. a humming noise from something moving very fast;...

Ancestry of “zoom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZoomTo communicate with someone using the Zoom...
Every word from English Zoom
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