Etymology

heavyweight

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Today it means: A very large, heavy, or impressive person. Full definition →

English weight ← Middle English heven ← Old English hebban
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  5. Old Englishhebban
  6. Middle Englishheven
  7. Englishheave
  8. Englishheavy
  9. Englishweight
  10. English todayheavyweight

From heavy + weight.

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