English

WikiGnome

Compound of wiki + gnome.

A compound of wiki + gnome

Proto-Polynesian *witi

Hawaiian wiki ‘to be swift, to be speedy, to be quick’

Hawaiian wikiwiki ‘quick’

English wiki

New Latin gnomus ‘a gnome, a creature corresponding to the…’

French gnome

English gnome

Today it means

noun A wiki editor (such as Wikipedia) that primarily makes minor and uncontroversial edits such as fixing typos and grammar mistakes.

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