Where does “waisted” come from?
Waisted derives from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic wahstuz, and Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, h₂wes-, h₁ésmi, and h₁ésti.
waisted (English): Having some specific type of waist; Narrower in...
Definitions
- Having some specific type of waist; Narrower in...
Ancestry of “waisted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waist | The part of the body between the pelvis and the... |
| 2 | Middle English | wast | Second-person singular past indicative form of... |
| 3 | Latin | vāstitās | waste (empty place), desert |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |