I’m trying to find out why, or how, the term “site” was adopted in “website”, instead of another.
For example, “webplace” would convey the same meaning.
I’ve looked in the obvious places like Wikipedia and W3C, including Tim Berners-Lee’s own pages.
If anyone knows a reference to the very first use of “website” (or perhaps “web site"), or the history of the word, that would be very interesting.
Please note, I’m not looking for the history of the WWW, or reasons why “site” is an appropriate word. I’m looking for the reason why “site” was chosen instead of alternatives.