English

thought

/θɔt/
A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

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    Origin

    From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishthought
      • inheritedOld Englishþōht
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*þanhtaz
            • derivedProto-Germanic*þankijaną
    • rootProto-Indo-European*teng- “to moisten, wet”

    Related: Scots thocht, Saterland Frisian Toacht, West Frisian oandacht, Dutch gedachte, German Andacht, Icelandic þóttur

    Words built on it: thought-out, thought-world

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