Etymology

upwind

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Today it means: Exposed to the wind. Full definition →

English wind ← Middle English wynd ← Old English wind
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upwind · adjective, adverb1

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  5. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wind
  7. Old Englishwind
  8. Middle Englishwynd
  9. Englishwind
  10. English todayupwind

From up- + wind.

upwind · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromupwinden
  2. English todayupwind

From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb).

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