Where does “wiki” come from?

Wiki comes from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi, ultimately meaning quick or fast.

wiki (English): A collaborative website which can be directly...

Definitions

  1. A collaborative website which can be directly...

Ancestry of “wiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWikiWikiWeb—
2Hawaiianwikiwikispeedy
3Hawaiianwikihasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick
4Proto-Polynesianwiti—

Words derived from “wiki”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian witi →Every word from Hawaiian wiki →Every word from Hawaiian wikiwiki →