Etymology

thrown

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Today it means: Launched by throwing. Full definition →

Middle English throwen ← Old English þrāwen ← Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þrēaną
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þrēanaz
  3. Old English · inherited fromþrāwen
  4. Middle English · inherited fromthrowen
  5. English todaythrown

From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishthrowen all →

throw

Proto-Germanic*þrēaną all →

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