Where does “twitter” come from?
Twitter descends from Middle English twitren, Old English twiterian, and Proto-Germanic twitwizōną, a word of imitative origin depicting rapid, tremulous movement or sound.
twitter (English): The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by...
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- The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by...
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Words derived from “twitter”