Etymology

war-ridden

Today it means: Dominated or plagued by war. Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  2. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  4. Frankish*werʀ
  5. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  6. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  7. Old Englishwerre
  8. Middle Englishwerre
  9. Englishwar
  10. English todaywar-ridden

From war + -ridden.

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