awe

awe · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂egʰ-“to be upset, afraid”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*agaz“terror, dread”
3. Old Norse · derived fromagi
4. Middle English · inherited fromaw
5. English todayawe

From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.

awe · noun²

1. French · borrowed fromauve
2. French · borrowed fromauve
3. English todayawe

Borrowed from French auve.

Words from the same roots