English

watch

/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/
A portable or wearable timepiece.

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    Etymology 1

    As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

    Cognate with Dutch wekken, German wecken, Danish vække, Norwegian Bokmål vekke, Norwegian Nynorsk vekkja, Swedish väcka, Faroese and Icelandic vekja.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishwacchen
      • inheritedOld Englishwæċċan
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*wakkjan
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*wakjaną
    • partJapanese卵 “egg”
    • partJapaneseウオッチ
    • rootProto-Indo-European*weǵ- “to be lively”

    Related: Dutch wekken, German wecken, Danish vække, Norwegian Bokmål vekke, Norwegian Nynorsk vekkja, Swedish väcka, fo,is vekja

    Words built on it: people-watch

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