web

/ˈweb/WEB
/ˈwɛb/WEB

Meaningwoven cloth

Common meaning: a woven fabric

Other meanings: a spider's net

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WABH‘weave’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 347, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old EnglishwebbsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishwebsource
  4. Englishweb‘a woven fabric’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Old English webb ‘woven cloth’.

Roots

  • webb Old English “woven cloth”

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