Etymology

wast

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Middle English wast
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwast
  2. English todaywast

From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was + -est.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwast all →

waist

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.