Etymology of “West”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Middle English
Source language
Middle English
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
5
Word Origin Summary
West is attested in Middle English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- Westmoustier
Middle French · inherited from
- west
Cornish · borrowed from
- west
English · inherited from
- Westmostier
French · borrowed from
- wes
Tok Pisin · inherited from
What You Can Explore
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- 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root