Where does “weevil” come from?
Weevil comes from Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel, from Proto-Germanic wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European webʰel-, ultimately from the root webʰ-.
weevil (English): Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the...
Definitions
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the...
Ancestry of “weevil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wevel | weevil |
| 2 | Old English | wifel | Beetle |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *wibil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wibilaz | {{l|en|weevil}}; weevil |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰel- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |
Words derived from “weevil”