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wen

/ˈwen/WEN
/ˈwɛn/WEN

Meaningswelling

Common meaning: noncancerous lump beneath the skin

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAN‘hurt, to wound’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 345, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old Englishwenn‘swelling’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishwenne‘swelling’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsswelling → noncancerous lump beneath the skinwen‘noncancerous lump beneath the skin’ · 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 wenn ‘swelling’.

Roots

  • wenn Old English “swelling”

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