English
joey word
From joey (“junior kangaroo”) + word.
A compound of joey ‘junior kangaroo’ + word
Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’
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Proto-Germanic *wurdą
Proto-West Germanic *word
Old English word
Middle English word ‘a word’
English word
Today it means
noun A word that is contained in a kangaroo word.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / joey word