Etymology

daywear

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Today it means: Clothes to be worn in the daytime. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*dag
  4. Old Englishdæġ
  5. Middle Englishday
  6. Englishday
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  11. Old Englishwerian
  12. Middle Englishweren
  13. Englishwear
  14. English todaydaywear

From day + -wear.

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