English

well-thought-out

Well-planned; with much forethought.

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    Origin

    From well + thought-out.

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    Lineage

    • partEnglishwell “Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwel “happy”
        • inheritedOld Englishwel “well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”
        • inheritedOld Englishwǣl “weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwelle
        • inheritedOld Englishwielle “well”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwellen
        • inheritedOld Englishweallan “to bubble, boil”
    • partEnglishthought-out “planned”
      • partEnglishthought “A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, to…”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishthought
      • partEnglishout “Away from the inside or centre.”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishoute

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