English
Trade name.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
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Latin īnstō ‘to stand upon, be nearby’
Latin īnstāns ‘present, pressing, urgent’
Old French instant ‘assiduous, at hand’
Middle English instant ‘infinitely short period of time’
English instant
Today it means
name An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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