Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “smēþe” come from?

smēþe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic smanþiz — flat, smooth, soft.

smēþe (Old English): smooth, polished, soft, without roughness or...

Definitions

  1. smooth, polished, soft, without roughness or...

Ancestry of “smēþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmanþizflat, smooth, soft

Words derived from “smēþe”

  • smooth
  • smoothly
  • smoothest
  • smoothie
  • smoothbore
  • smoothen
  • nonsmooth
  • unsmooth
  • smoothish
  • ultrasmooth
  • semismooth
  • smoothbored
  • supersmooth
  • smootheth
  • smoothy
  • oversmooth
  • unsmoothly
  • resmooth
  • smoothable
  • smoothwire
  • besmooth
  • smoothifier
  • smoothsort
  • smoothcap
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