Where does “wikification” come from?
wikification (French) comes from English wikification, from English wiki, from English WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.
wikification (French): Wikification
Definitions
- Wikification
Ancestry of “wikification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wikification | The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a... |
| 2 | English | wiki | A collaborative website which can be directly... |
| 3 | English | WikiWikiWeb | — |
| 4 | Hawaiian | wikiwiki | speedy |
| 5 | Hawaiian | wiki | hasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick |
| 6 | Proto-Polynesian | witi | — |