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The etymology of wiki

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5th June 2013

If you’ve ever wondered of why Wikipedia, and Wikimedia, used the catchy two-syllable in their names, wonder no more. Tom Chatfield’s done some etymological research to save us the trouble, and answers the question: why wiki?

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