Where does “wedsite” come from?
wedsite (English) comes from English wedding, from Middle English weddynge, from Old English weddung, from Old English weddian, from Proto-West Germanic waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic wadjōną, from Proto-Germanic wadją, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
wedsite (English): A website dedicated to sharing information about...
Definitions
- A website dedicated to sharing information about...
Ancestry of “wedsite”, step by step
wedsite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wedding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wedding | present participle of wed; Marriage ceremony;... |
| 2 | Middle English | weddynge | wedding |
| 3 | Old English | weddung | betrothal, espousal |
| 4 | Old English | weddian | to pledge, to promise; to betroth; to wed, to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | waddjōn | to wager, to pledge |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wadjōną | to wager, to pledge |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wadją | wager, stake, pledge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |
via English website
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | website | A collection of interlinked web pages on the... |
| 2 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 3 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 5 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |