English
wen
Wen comes from Middle English wen, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *wanjaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wanjazreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wenn
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wen
- Englishearliest quotation 1726same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wanjazreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wenn
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wen
- Englishearliest quotation 1726same form
Earliest quotation: 1726, Jonathan Swift, The Country Described. […]: “There was a Fellow with a Wen in his…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz
Today it means
noun A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wanjaz / wen