Etymology

aswarm

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Today it means: Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings). Full definition →

English swarm ← Middle English swarm ← Old English swearm
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The story

  1. Englisha-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swer-
  3. Proto-Germanic*swarmaz
  4. Old Englishswearm
  5. Middle Englishswarm
  6. Englishswarm
  7. English todayaswarm

From a- + swarm.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.