Etymology

weary

wea·ry
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Today it means: Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. Full definition →

Middle English wery ← Old English wēriġ ← Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wōrīg
  2. Old English · inherited fromwēriġ“weary”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwery
  4. English todayweary

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”). Compare wear.

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