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Where does “wearisome” come from?

Wearisome comes from Middle English werisom, ultimately meaning to cause weariness or fatigue.

wearisome (English): Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue

Definitions

  1. Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue

Ancestry of “wearisome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwerisom—

Words derived from “wearisome”

  • wearisomely
  • wearisomeness
  • unwearisome
  • unwearisomeness
Every word from Middle English werisom →