Etymology

feel

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Today it means: To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. Full definition →

Middle English felen ← Old English fēlan ← Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan
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feel · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*fōlijan
  2. Old Englishfēlan
  3. Middle Englishfelen
  4. English todayfeel

From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan. Cognate with Dutch voelen and German fühlen.

feel · pronoun, adjective, adverb2

See fele.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfelen all →

feal

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