English
vaporwave
From vapor(ware) + -wave.
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’
Proto-Germanic *wabōną
Proto-West Germanic *wabōn
Old English wafian ‘to wave’
Middle English waven ‘to shake’
English wave
Today it means
noun A genre of electronic music and visual arts style that emerged in the early 2010s. As a musical genre, it evolved from chillwave and seapunk with influences from lounge music, elevator music, smooth jazz, and 1980s dance-pop. As an aesthetic, it is influenced by 1990s web design and digital art, anime, and cyberpunk.
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Etymograph / vaporwave