Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryplural of ox
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Proto-Germanic *uhsô Proto-West Germanic *ohsō Old English oxa Old English oxan Middle English oxen English oxen From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).
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