English
elseweb
From else + web, after the pattern of elsewhere.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘other’
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Proto-Germanic *aljas ‘of another’
Proto-West Germanic *alljas ‘else’
Old English elles ‘other’
Middle English ells
English else
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
adv At some other place on the Internet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elseweb