Etymology

eoten

E1O1T1E1N1

Today it means: A giant from Old English literature and mythology. Full definition →

Old English eoten
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromeoten
  2. English todayeoten

Learned borrowing from Old English eoten. Doublet of ettin.

Words from the same roots

Old Englisheoten all →

ettin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.