Etymology

-wear

Today it means: worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear). Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  5. Old Englishwerian
  6. Middle Englishweren
  7. Englishwear
  8. English today-wear

From the noun wear (“clothing”).

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