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east

/ˈist/EEST
/ˈist/EEST

Meaningthe direction of sunrise

Common meaning: the direction of sunrise

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√US‘burn’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 38, p. 731 · scan
  2. Old Englisheast‘the rast’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishestsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsthe rast → the direction of sunriseeast‘the direction of sunrise’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English east ‘the direction of sunrise’.

Roots

  • east Old English “the direction of sunrise”

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