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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wōnen, from Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Pronunciation
Verb
wonen
- (intransitive) to live (in a certain place)
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wonon
Verb
wōnen
- to live, to have a home
- to remain, to dwell
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”).
Verb
wonen (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)
- to abide, to dwell
c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Passus primus de visione”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC, folio v, verso:Therin wonneth a wyght that Wronge is Ihote / Father of falſhead, and founded it him ſelfe / Adam and Eue he egged to yll, / Councelled Cayne to kyll his brother- Therein dwells a creature that Wrong is named, / Father of falsehood, and founded it himself. / Adam and Eve he egged to ill, / Counselled Cain to kill his brother
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