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aim

/ˈeɪm/AYM
/ˈeɪm/AYM

Meaningesmer, to estimate

Common meaning: point toward a target or goal

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√IS‘seek, wish for’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 36, p. 731 · scan
  2. Old Frenchaesmer‘esmer, to estimate’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsesmer, to estimate → guess or intendaimen‘guess or intend’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsguess or intend → point toward a target or goalaim‘point toward a target or goal’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French aesmer ‘esmer, to estimate’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry AIM, p. 13 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • aesmer Old French “esmer, to estimate”

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