Where does “meadow” come from?

Meadow comes from Middle English medowe, from Old English mǣdwe, related to Old English mǣd, from Proto-Germanic mēdwō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁-.

meadow (English): A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or...

Definitions

  1. A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or...

Ancestry of “meadow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmedowe—
2Old Englishmǣdwe—
3Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “meadow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →