Where does “swoon” come from?
Swoon comes from Middle English swoune, whose origin and ultimate etymology remain unknown.
swoon (English): A faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose...
Definitions
- A faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose...
Ancestry of “swoon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | swan | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | swan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | swan | swan |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swanaz | swan |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |
Words derived from “swoon”