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Where does “live blog” come from?

live blog (English) comes from English Blog, from English weblog, from English log, from Middle English logge, from Old French loge, from Latin laubĭa, from Frankish laubijā, from Proto-West Germanic laub — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

live blog (English): A blog that gives up-to-date information about a...

Definitions

  1. A blog that gives up-to-date information about a...

Ancestry of “live blog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBlogA cocktail or punch served at science fiction...
2EnglishweblogA website in the form of an ongoing journal
3EnglishlogThe trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches;...
4Middle Englishloggelarge long stick, staff, pole, log
5Old Frenchlogearbor, covered walk-way; arbour, covered walk-way
6Latinlaubĭa—
7Frankishlaubijāshelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter
8Proto-West Germaniclaubleaf; foliage
9Proto-Germaniclaubąleaf
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

Words derived from “live blog”

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