Etymology

federalwide

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Today it means: Of a federal level; throughout a nation. Full definition →

English wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰós
  3. Proto-Italic*feiðos
  4. Latinfoedus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Frenchfédéra
  8. Englishfederal
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  14. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  15. Old Englishwīd
  16. Englishwide
  17. English todayfederalwide

From federal + -wide.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.