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Where does “wideneth” come from?

wideneth (English) comes from English widen, from English wide, from Old English wīd, from Proto-Germanic wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weydʰh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

wideneth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “wideneth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwidenTo become wide or wider; To make wide or wider;...
2EnglishwideHaving a large physical extent from side to side;...
3Old Englishwīdwide, vast, broad, long; distant, far
4Proto-Germanicwīdazwide; broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weydʰh₁osset apart, asunder, in two
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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