WikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki. Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on the internet domain c2.com on March 25, 1995. It was named by Cunningham, who remembered a Honolulu International Airport counter employee telling him to take the "Wiki Wiki" shuttle bus that runs between the airport's terminals. According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for 'quick' and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History
California
It came from the Dutch word docke.
"shawl" originates from the Persian word shal
Wife comes from the Old English word wif.
The word 'jaywalk' is a compound word derived from the word 'jay', an old word for an inexperienced person, and walk.
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Technically, yes and no. The word 'wiki' alone is a type of website, and the word 'wiki-wiki', a Hawaiian word, means quick. Wiki alone is a website, wiki doubled with a dash in the middle is the Hawaiian word for quick.
Where does Thank you originate?
Yes, the word "bolshy" does originate from the "bolsheviks".
The word 'suds' is believed to originate from the Middle Dutch word: sudse, meaning bog.
See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espagnole_sauce#Preparation
Two sources say the word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase "wiki-wiki" which means "quick." Are there experts in Polynesian languages who can veryify this?
Two sources say the word "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase "wiki-wiki" which means "quick." Are there experts in Polynesian languages who can veryify this?
greek
the word is from greek
In France
The word "hamburger" did not originate in France. It is derived from the German city of Hamburg.