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English word origin

Etymology of woken

Morphologically woke + -n.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

past participle of wake

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Morphologically woke + -n.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To make or become woke or woker.

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

Etymology tree English woke Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-West Germanic *-inōn Old English -nian Middle English -enen /-nen English -en English woken From woke + -en.

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