Etymology

wheaten

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat. Full definition →

Middle English wheten ← Old English hwǣten
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  1. Old English · inherited fromhwǣten“wheaten”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwheten
  3. English todaywheaten

Inherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.

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