English
Netflix
From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).
A compound of Net ‘the Internet’ + flix
Proto-Germanic *natją ‘net’
Proto-West Germanic *nati ‘net’
Old English net
Middle English net
English Net
The story
From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (‘the Internet’) + flix, an alteration of flicks (‘films, movies’).
Today it means
verb To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Netflix