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Where does “aswagen” come from?

aswagen (Middle English) comes from Old French asuagier, from Vulgar Latin assuavio, from Latin suāvis.

aswagen (Middle English): To cure or assuage; to give relief; To pacify; to...

Definitions

  1. To cure or assuage; to give relief; To pacify; to...

Ancestry of “aswagen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchasuagierto appease, to calm
2Vulgar LatinassuavioI sweeten, I 'butter up', I calm
3Latinsuāvis—

Words derived from “aswagen”

  • assuage
  • assuagement
  • unassuageable
  • assuager
  • assuagest
  • assuageth
  • assuageable
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