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Where does “woegeously” come from?

woegeously (English) comes from English woegeous, from English woeful, from English woful, from English Wo, from English WHO, from Middle English who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic hwaʀ — The primary interrogative root.

woegeously (English): in a woegeous manner; to a woegeous degree

Definitions

  1. in a woegeous manner; to a woegeous degree

Ancestry of “woegeously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwoegeousOf poor quality; woefully bad; awful; Awfully;...
2EnglishwoefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or...
3EnglishwofulObsolete spelling of woeful
4EnglishWothe prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star...
5EnglishWHO—
6Middle Englishwho—
7Old Englishhwāwho
8Proto-West Germanichwaʀwho
9Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
10Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →