Where does “facebooker” come from?
facebooker (English) comes from Dutch facebooken, from Dutch Facebook, from English Facebook, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk — to bake, to roast, to fry.
facebooker (English): A person using the social networking website...
Definitions
- A person using the social networking website...
Ancestry of “facebooker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | facebooken | — |
| 2 | Dutch | Facebook | Facebook |
| 3 | English | Facebook | A personal web profile on the social-networking... |
| 4 | English | Book | — |
| 5 | German | būch | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 7 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |