Where does “waste” come from?

Waste derives from Middle English wasten, from Old English wǣst, from Proto-Germanic wahstuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-.

waste (English): Excess of material, useless by-products or...

Definitions

  1. Excess of material, useless by-products or...

Ancestry of “waste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwastento waste, lay waste
2Old Northern Frenchwasterto waste, devastate

Words derived from “waste”

Every word from Old Northern French waster →Every word from Middle English wasten →