word

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Interjection

  • Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
  • An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

Origin

  • From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om. verb, and vrata.
  • Variant of worth, from Middle English worthen, from Old English weorþan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną. More at .

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