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hedgeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay. More at haw.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hedgeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).
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No. Alongside the compositional category construction, kind of has been reanalyzed as an approximator, hedge, downtoner, and pragmatic marker; reduced kinda represents that later constructional history.
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