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Where does “podcasting” come from?

Podcasting derives from podcast, which combines pod- from ipod and -casting from broadcast, ultimately tracing through Old English -ung and Proto-Germanic -ungō.

podcasting (English): The distribution of multimedia files over the...

Definitions

  1. The distribution of multimedia files over the...

Ancestry of “podcasting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpodcastAn audio programme produced on a regular basis,...
2EnglishiPodA portable music player made by Apple; Any...
3Englishi-Alternative spelling of y-; API; A form of the...
4Middle Englishy-Used with past participle conjugations to form...
5Old Englishġe-—
6Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
7Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “podcasting”

  • podcasting
  • podcasting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →