queme

English

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To please, to satisfy.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quemen (please) inherited from Old English cweman inherited from *kwēmijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (please, suit, comfort, be convenient, come) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (step, come, go, walk).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷem-

Gloss

step, come, go, walk

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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