Where does “wan” come from?

wan (Translingual) comes from English WAN, from Middle English wan, from Old English wann, from Proto-Germanic wannaz — dark, swart.

Ancestry of “wan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWANAcronym of wide area network
2Middle Englishwanwan; Alternative form of wane; Alternative form...
3Old Englishwanndark; first-person singular preterite of winnan;...
4Proto-Germanicwannazdark, swart
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