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hem

/ˈhem/HEM
/ˈhɛm/HEM

Meaningborder of cloth

Common meaning: folded edge of a garment

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAM‘bend’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 49, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old Englishhemm‘border of cloth’source
  3. Middle Englishhemsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsborder of cloth → folded edge of a garmenthem‘folded edge of a garment’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • 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 hemm ‘border of cloth’.

Roots

  • hemm Old English “border of cloth”

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