The story
- Old English · inherited fromwaniende“waning”
- Middle English · inherited fromwaniand
- English todaywaniand
From Middle English waniand, wanyand, wenyande, apparently a noun usage of waniand (“waning”, present participle), from Old English waniende (“waning”, present participle), from wanian (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -and.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishwaniand all →
wanion
Old Englishwaniende all →
waning
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.