Etymograph

English

ware

Ware comes from Proto-Germanic *warō ‘attention’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to watch, keep guard’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wer-‘to watch, keep guard’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘attention’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ware
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1923ware

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wer-‘to watch, keep guard’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘attention’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ware
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1923ware

Earliest quotation: 1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power: “Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to watch, keep guard’

wear, guard, con, garage, worm, regard, verge, optic, ward, weir, garrison, panorama, warn, reverence, vermin, wry, vermilion, revere, prosaic, diorama, milliner, guaranty, vermicelli, vermeil, vermiculite, varmint, 69 more

Another origin of ware

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wer-‘to heed’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*worós‘attentive’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*waraz‘cautious’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*war‘aware, alert, on guard’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wær
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ware
  7. Englishtodayware

Another origin of ware

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ews-‘to become warm’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wósr̥‘spring’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wazrą‘spring (season)’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350vár‘spring’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ware
  6. Englishtodayware

Today it means

noun Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wer- / ware

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