Etymology

woodie

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Today it means: An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture. Full definition →

English wood ← Middle English wode ← Old English wudu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
  6. Proto-Germanic*widuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*widu
  8. Old Englishwidu
  9. Old Englishwudu
  10. Middle Englishwode
  11. Englishwood
  12. English todaywoodie

From wood + -ie.

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