Etymology

weighbridge

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Today it means: a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc. Full definition →

English bridge ← Middle English weyen ← Old English wegan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*weganą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wegan
  5. Old Englishwegan
  6. Middle Englishweyen
  7. Englishweigh
  8. Englishbridge
  9. English todayweighbridge

From weigh + bridge.

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