Where does “wikifier” come from?

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

wikifier (French): to wikify

Definitions

  1. to wikify

Ancestry of “wikifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchwikiwiki
2EnglishwikiA collaborative website which can be directly...
3EnglishWikiWikiWeb
4Hawaiianwikiwikispeedy
5Hawaiianwikihasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick
6Proto-Polynesianwiti
Every word from Proto-Polynesian witiEvery word from Hawaiian wikiEvery word from Hawaiian wikiwiki
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