Where does “waist” come from?
Waist comes from Middle English waste, from Middle English was, from Proto-Germanic wahstuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots h₂weg-, h₂wes-, h₁ésmi, h₁ésti, and h₁es-.
waist (English): The part of the body between the pelvis and the...
Definitions
- The part of the body between the pelvis and the...
Ancestry of “waist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | wast | Second-person singular past indicative form of... |
| 2 | Latin | vāstitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “waist”