| 【watch】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "wæcce," "wæccan," and "wacian." It carries the basic meaning of "watch." from PIE *weg- "to weave a web" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "watch"]
awake ***[2717] Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
wake ****[553] When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
watch ****[228] If you watch a situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it.
[WORD ROOT]root watch
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] watch, wake
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) wæcce, wæccan, wacian
[MEANING]root watch
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 wæcce [from wæccan] a watching, state of being or remaining awake, wakefulness
- 【Old English】 wæccan [=wacian, Essentially the same word as wacian] keep watch, be awake
- 【Old English】 -wacu [partly from Old Norse vaka]
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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awake ★★★[2717] adjective from wake
【DEFINITION】 Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
【ANTONYM】 asleep
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a; on, up, into, toward ⑵ wake(watch); watch
【Etymology】 《Old English wacian》 to be or remain awake
【DERIVATIVEs】 awake, wakeful, waken, waker
wake ★★★★[553] verb from wake
【DEFINITION】 When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
【Declension/Conjugation】 woke, woken, waking, wakes
【ROOTs】 wake(watch); watch
【Etymology】 《Old English wacian》 to be or remain awake
【First Known Meaning】 to become awake
【DERIVATIVEs】 awake, wakeful, waken, waker
watch ★★★★[228] verb
【DEFINITION】 ① If you watch someone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening.
② If you watch something on television or an event such as a sports match, you spend time looking at it, especially when you see it from the beginning to the end.
③ If you watch a situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 watched, watched, watching, watches
【ROOTs】 watch; watch
【Etymology】 《Old English wæccan》 [=wacian, Essentially the same word as wacian] keep watch, be awake
【First Known Meaning】 keep watch, be awake
【DERIVATIVEs】 watchful, watch
Other words containing "watch"; watchful
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
ware
ward-
wait
wage
vov-, vot-
volve
vol
voc
viv-, vive
vir
