English

gopherspace

From Gopher + space.

A compound of Gopher + space

Cajun French gaufre

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’

Latin spatium ‘space’

Old French espace ‘space’

Anglo-Norman space

Middle English space

English space

Today it means

noun The world of information available via the Gopher protocol.

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

Etymograph / gopherspace