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wean

/ˈwin/WEEN
/ˈwin/WEEN

Meaningaccustom

Common meaning: gradually stop feeding milk to a child or animal

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwenian‘accustom’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwenensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsaccustom → gradually stop feeding milk to a child or animalwean‘gradually stop feeding milk to a child or animal’ · 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 English wenian ‘accustom’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WEAN, p. 699 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wenian Old English “accustom”

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