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

  1. Acts in cyberspace intended to make life...

Ancestry of “cyberbullying”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbullyingAn act of intimidating a person to do something,...
2EnglishbullyA person who is intentionally, physically, or...
3Dutchboela lot, bunch; mess, disorderly heap; quarrel
4Dutchboedelestate
5Middle Dutchboedel
6Old Dutchbuothal

Words derived from “cyberbullying

Every word from Old Dutch buothalEvery word from Middle Dutch boedelEvery word from Dutch boedel