Where does “cyberbullying” come from?
Cyberbullying is a modern English compound combining cyber- from Ancient Greek κυβερνητική τέχνη and bullying from Dutch boedel, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -tis.
cyberbullying (English): Acts in cyberspace intended to make life...
Definitions
- Acts in cyberspace intended to make life...
Ancestry of “cyberbullying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bullying | An act of intimidating a person to do something,... |
| 2 | English | bully | A person who is intentionally, physically, or... |
| 3 | Dutch | boel | a lot, bunch; mess, disorderly heap; quarrel |
| 4 | Dutch | boedel | estate |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | boedel | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | buothal | — |