The story
- Middle English · inherited fromwaniand“waning”
- English todaywanion
Alteration of earlier waniand, from Middle English waniand (“waning”), present participle of wanien (“to wane”) (from the phrase "in the waniand [moon]", i.e. in the time of the waning moon, in an unlucky period).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishwaniand all →
waniand
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.