Etymograph

English

Old Web

From old + web or Web (from World Wide Web).

A compound of old + web

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

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Proto-Germanic *aldaz ‘grown-up’

Proto-West Germanic *ald

Old English ald ‘old’

Middle English old ‘elderly’

English old

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’

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Proto-Germanic *wabją ‘something woven; web’

Proto-West Germanic *wabi ‘something woven; web’

Old English webb ‘web’

Middle English web ‘woven fabric’

English web

Today it means

noun The aesthetic and culture of the early World Wide Web (roughly 1990s-early 2000s); used to describe an early era of the Internet, often used in relation with Web 1.0.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Web