Where does “woods” come from?
Wood comes from Middle English wood, Old English wudu, and Proto-Indo-European roots widʰu- and weydʰ-, ultimately deriving from an ancient root meaning to separate or split.
woods (English): plural of wood; A dense collection of trees...
Definitions
- plural of wood; A dense collection of trees...
Ancestry of “woods”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wood | The substance making up the central part of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | wode | madness, insanity, an overmastering emotion,... |
| 3 | Old English | wudu | wood; forest, woods; tree |
| 4 | Old English | widu | wood, forest, grove; tree; timber |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | widuz | wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | widʰu- | forest, wood; tree, beam |