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Where does “wikiphobe” come from?

wikiphobe (English) comes from English wiki, from English WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.

wikiphobe (English): One who fears or dislikes wikis

Definitions

  1. One who fears or dislikes wikis

Ancestry of “wikiphobe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwikiA collaborative website which can be directly...
2EnglishWikiWikiWeb—
3Hawaiianwikiwikispeedy
4Hawaiianwikihasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick
5Proto-Polynesianwiti—
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