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Where does “warehouse” come from?

Warehouse derives from Middle English ware and -en, from Latin varius meaning varied or miscellaneous, tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots including wer- and bʰew-.

warehouse (English): A place for storing large amounts of products. In...

Definitions

  1. A place for storing large amounts of products. In...

Ancestry of “warehouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWare—
2Middle EnglishwareAlternative form of veir; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishwærcautious, on guard, watching out for something;...
4Proto-West Germanicwārtrue, reliable
5Proto-Germanicwēraztrue; reliable; friendly; kind
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “warehouse”

  • warehousing
  • warehouseman
  • warehouselike
  • warehouser
  • warehouseful
  • miniwarehouse
  • rewarehouse
  • nonwarehouse
  • antiwarehousing
  • warehousable
  • warehousewoman
  • multiwarehouse
  • warehousy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →