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Where does “wikiwiki” come from?

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

wikiwiki (Hawaiian): speedy

Definitions

  1. speedy

Ancestry of “wikiwiki”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wikiwiki”

  • Wikipedia
  • wiki
  • MediaWiki
  • Wikipedian
  • wikiholic
  • wikiproject
  • wikification
  • wikiness
  • wikilink
  • dewikify
  • wikitext
  • wikilawyering
  • interwiki
  • wikify
  • wikiverse
  • wikilike
  • Wikipedialike
  • wikiphobia
  • wikiphobe
  • wikicode
  • wiki
  • Wikipedia
  • MediaWiki
  • Википе́дия
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