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wain

/ˈweɪn/WAYN
/ˈweɪn/WAYN

Meaninga wain

Common meaning: farm wagon

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAGH‘carry, to remove, to wag’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 338, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old Englishwegn‘a wain’source
  3. Middle Englishwain‘wagon’source
  4. Englishwain‘farm wagon’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English wegn ‘a wain’.

Roots

  • wegn Old English “a wain”

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