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YouTube

/ˈjuːtʃuːb/ · name

Meaning

  1. Collectively, the users of YouTube; especially the content creator's viewers.
  2. Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself.
  3. To upload a video of something to YouTube.
  4. To search for and view on YouTube.
  5. A YouTube channel.
  6. A video-sharing website.
  7. A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube.
  8. 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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