Etymology

swage

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Today it means: A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item. Full definition →

Middle English swage ← Middle French souage ← Old French souage
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swage · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sew-“to twist, bend”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*soukā
  3. Gaulish · derived from*souca“cord”
  4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*soca
  5. Old French · derived fromsouage“decorative groove”
  6. Middle French · derived fromsouage
  7. Middle English · inherited fromswage
  8. English todayswage

Inherited from Middle English swage, from Middle French souage, from Old French souage (“decorative groove”), from soue (“rope”), from Vulgar Latin *soca, from Gaulish *souca (“cord”), from Proto-Celtic *soukā, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to twist, bend”).

swage · verb2

From assuage by aphesis.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*sew- all →

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