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Where does “voorwenden” come from?

voorwenden (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vorewenden.

voorwenden (Dutch): to feign, to pretend

Definitions

  1. to feign, to pretend

Ancestry of “voorwenden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvorewenden—

Words derived from “voorwenden”

  • voorwendsel
Every word from Middle Dutch vorewenden →