Wikipedia

Meanings

1. A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
2. The community that develops Wikipedia.
3. A main-belt asteroid (No. 274301).

1. A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia in a particular language.
2. A wiki or similar collaborative database, especially one that is also an encyclopaedia.
3. An article or page on Wikipedia.
4. A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.

1. To consult Wikipedia for information.
2. To search Wikipedia for information on a specific subject.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Wikipedia.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Wikipedia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwikider. English wiki Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos) Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek παιδεύω (paideúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)bor. New Latin encyclopaedīalbor. English encyclopedia blend English Wikipedia Blend of wiki + encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger in 2001. By surface analysis, wiki + -pedia.