wonder

Meanings

Noun

• Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
• Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
• Someone very talented at something, a genius.
• The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence.
• A mental pondering, a thought.
• A kind of donut; a cruller.

Verb

• To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; .
• To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

Related

Similar words

• thauma

Origin

• From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor ("wonder, miracle, marvel"), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner ("wonder"), West Frisian wonder, wûnder, Dutch wonder ("miracle, wonder"), Low German wunner, wunder, German Wunder ("miracle, wonder"), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish under ("wonder, miracle"), Icelandic undur ("wonder").
• The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra.