YouTube
/ˈjuːtʃuːb/ · name
Meaning
- Collectively, the users of YouTube; especially the content creator's viewers.
- Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself.
- To upload a video of something to YouTube.
- To search for and view on YouTube.
- A YouTube channel.
- A video-sharing website.
- A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube.
- To upload or watch videos on YouTube.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English YouTube A website name (from you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”)) implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.
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