wayment

wayment · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromlamentari“to lament”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wai“woe”
3. Frankish · derived from*wai, *wē“woe”
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromwaimenter“to lament”
5. Middle English · inherited fromwaymenten
6. English todaywayment

From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament.

wayment · interjection²

Contraction, especially reflective of a common African American Vernacular English pronunciation. Spelling very unlikely to have been influenced by Etymology 1.

Wayment · proper noun³

Variant of Wyman.

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