English
und
Und comes from Middle English unde ‘a wave’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500unde‘a wave’
- Englishearliest quotation 1592und
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500unde‘a wave’
- Englishearliest quotation 1592und
Earliest quotation: 1592, William Wyrley, The true vse of armorie: “The house of Chedle yet after this diuiding it…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
water, wet, wash, vodka, hydro, otter, hydrate, vitriol, hydride, vitreous, aldehyde, vedra, 44 more
through Latin unda ‘wave’
abundance, surround, abundant, redundant, undated, inundation, inundate, undine, 9 more
Today it means
noun A wave.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English unde / und