English
awaken
Awaken may come from Middle English awakenen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500awakenenuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1665awaken
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500awakenenuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1665awaken
Earliest quotation: 1665, Robert Hooke: “[This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- ‘to be lively, awake’
wait, surveillance, vegetation, vigorous, vigilant, vigil, vigour, invigorate, reveille, vajra, waker, 10 more
through Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘up, out’
about, out, utter, uterus, outward, uterine, hubris, hysteresis, 8 more
through Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘up, out’
through Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
Today it means
verb To cause to become awake.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English awakenen / awaken