Etymograph

English

hotlink

From hot + link.

A compound of hot + link

Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’

Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt ‘hot’

Middle English hot

English hot

Middle English linke

English link

Today it means

noun A direct embedding of, or a hyperlink to, a resource on another server, particularly images or video.

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

Etymograph / hotlink