Etymology

otherpaw

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Today it means: One who enjoys activities common in the therian community, such as quadrobics, but does not consider themselves a therian. Full definition →

English paw ← Middle English pawe ← Anglo-Norman poe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énteros
  3. Proto-Germanic*anþeraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anþar
  5. Old Englishōþer
  6. Middle Englishother
  7. Englishother
  8. Anglo-Normanpoe
  9. Middle Englishpawe
  10. Englishpaw
  11. English todayotherpaw

From other + paw.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.