English

hotword

From hot + word.

Formed from hot + word

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

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’

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Proto-Germanic *wurdą

Proto-West Germanic *word

Old English word

Middle English word ‘a word’

English word

Today it means

noun A hyperlink.

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