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Where does “wombe” come from?

wombe (Middle English) comes from Old English womb, from Proto-West Germanic wambu, from Proto-Germanic wambō, from Proto-Indo-European wamp- — membrane , intestines, womb.

wombe (Middle English): The stomach; The womb or uterus; the location...

Definitions

  1. The stomach; The womb or uterus; the location...

Ancestry of “wombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwomb—
2Proto-West Germanicwambuwomb
3Proto-Germanicwambōbelly, stomach, abdomen; womb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwamp-membrane , intestines, womb

Words derived from “wombe”

  • womb
  • womblike
  • wame
  • enwombed
  • wombless
  • wameful
  • enwomb
  • wombman
  • wombly
  • inwomb
  • womb-brother
  • wombed
  • womb
  • wame
  • wame
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