English word origin

Etymology of Wendi

A spelling variant of Wendy.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A female given name originating as a coinage.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

A spelling variant of Wendy.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A posthumous name of several emperors of imperial China.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Mandarin 文帝 (Wén Dì).

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Machine-source provenance

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