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walk

/ˈwɔːk/WAWK
/ˈwɔk/WAWK

Meaningmoving to and fro, turning over

Common meaning: to move on foot

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwealcansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwalkensource
  3. Englishwalk‘to move on foot’ · 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.
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Origin: Built on Old English wealcan ‘moving to and fro, turning over’.

Did you know (An old ancestor…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WALK, p. 694 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Walk once meant…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WALK, p. 694 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wealcan Old English “moving to and fro, turning over”

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