English
network
From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses.
The story
From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses.
Today it means
noun Any interconnected group or system.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / network