English
trollfeedtrollfeed
Back-formation from trollfeeding or from troll (“person who makes or posts inflammatory statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) + feed (verb).
Formed from troll ‘person who makes or posts inflammatory…’ + feed
Proto-Germanic *truzlą ‘supernatural being’
Old Norse trǫll ‘conjurer, mage’
Middle English trol ‘demon (?)’
English troll
Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną ‘to feed’
Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan ‘to feed’
Old English fēdan ‘to feed’
Middle English feden
English feed
Today it means
verb To respond to (a troll) in an online community.
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