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Where does “interweavingly” come from?

interweavingly (English) comes from English interweaving, from English interweave, from English weave, from Middle English weven, from Old English wefan, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

interweavingly (English): So as to interweave

Definitions

  1. So as to interweave

Ancestry of “interweavingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinterweavingpresent participle of interweave; The motion or...
2EnglishinterweaveTo combine through weaving; To intermingle
3EnglishweaveTo form something by passing lengths or strands...
4Middle EnglishwevenTo weave; to perform or do some weaving; To...
5Old Englishwefanto weave
6Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
7Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
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