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wimple

Meaningthe same

Common meaning: cloth covering the head and neck

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwimpel‘the same’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwimpelsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthe same → cloth covering the head and neckwimple‘cloth covering the head and neck’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English wimpel ‘the same’.

Roots

  • wimpel Old English “the same”

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