English

Wikiportal

From wiki + portal.

A compound of wiki + portal

Proto-Polynesian *witi

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

Hawaiian wikiwiki ‘quick’

English wiki

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to pass through/over’

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Latin porta ‘gate, especially of a city’

Old French porte ‘door’

Old French portal ‘gate’

Middle English portal ‘a portal’

Today it means

noun A page on Wikipedia or another wiki that acts as a "main page" for a specific topic or area.

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

Etymograph / Wikiportal