waxen

waxen · adjective, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wahsijaną“to wax, grow, increase”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wahsanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromweaxen
4. Middle English · inherited fromwaxen
5. English todaywaxen

From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).

waxen · verb²

Equivalent to wax + -en (plural simple present ending).

waxen · adjective³

1. Old English · inherited fromweaxen“waxen, made of wax”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwaxen“made of wax”
3. English todaywaxen

From Middle English waxen (“made of wax”), from Old English weaxen (“waxen, made of wax”), equivalent to wax + -en (“made of”).

Words from the same roots