Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner. · An annoying or foolish person. · A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others or is indiscreet; a tattletale.
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone). · To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner. · To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system). · Followed by it: to speak or write (something) in a taunting or teasing manner.
PIE word *h₂éd The verb is an apheretic form of atwite (“(obsolete) to blame, reproach”), from Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Piecewise doublet of advise. The noun is probably derived from the verb, although it is attested in print earlier.
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- Root classification mention*weyd-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionatwitenenm · to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt
- Inherited-form mentionætwītanang · to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt
- Inherited-form mention*wītanągem-pro · to punish; to torment; to know; to see
- Inherited-form mention*weyd-ine-pro · to see
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