English word meadow comes from Proto-Germanic *mēþwō (Meadow, pasture.), Proto-Germanic *mēdwō (Meadow.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*mēþwō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Meadow, pasture. |
*mēdwō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Meadow. |
mǣd | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
mǣdwe | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
medwe | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
meadow | English (en) | A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea. |