Where does “wikiphobia” come from?

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

wikiphobia (English): Fear or dislike of wikis

Definitions

  1. Fear or dislike of wikis

Ancestry of “wikiphobia”, step by step

wikiphobia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wiki

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

via English Phobia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPhobiaAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something)
2Ancient GreekΦόβοςmythological personification of fear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰegʷ-to flee; to run
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