Meanings
prefix
- Prefixed to animal names to indicate a human that shapeshifts into that animal.
Origin
- Old Englishwerewulf
- Englishwere-
Back-formation from werewolf (“man-wolf”), from Old English werewulf, derived from wer (“man”) + wulf (“wolf”).
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 人
- 人 (rén)man
Danish var-
- var-man
Dutch weer
- weerman
French garou
- garouman
Italian mannaro
- mannaroman
Japanese 人間
- 人間 (ningen)man
Korean 사람
- 사람 (saram)man
Lithuanian -takas, -takė
- -takasman
- -takėman
Malay jadian
- jadianman
Norwegian var-
- var-man
Polish -ołak
- -ołakman
Spanish hombre
- hombreman
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APA
were-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/were-
MLA
“were-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/were-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “were-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/were-.
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