Etymology

chawn

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Today it means: A gap, rift, or fissure. Full definition →

Middle English *chane ← Old English *ċān
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*ċān“gap, crack, fissure”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*chane
  3. English todaychawn

Uncertain. Probably from Middle English *chane, *chone, from Old English *ċān (“gap, crack, fissure”), related to Old English ċīnan (“to gape, break into chunks”). More at chine.

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