Etymology

keening

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Today it means: Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound. Full definition →

Irish caoin
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromcaoin
  2. English todaykeening

From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.

Words from the same roots

Irishcaoin all →

keen

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