Etymology

away

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Today it means: From a place, hence. Full definition →

Middle English away ← Old English āweġ
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away · adverb, interjection, adjective, verb1

  1. Old English · inherited fromāweġ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromaway
  3. English todayaway

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).

away · adjective2

See aweigh.

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