wax
English
/wæks/
noun
Definitions
- Beeswax.
- Earwax.
- Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- (uncountable) The phonograph record format for music.
- (US) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- (US) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wax inherited from Old English weax inherited from Proto-Germanic *wahsą inherited from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*woḱ-so-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berry English
- bill English
- bird English
- candle English
- candlewax English
- cap English
- dewax English
- ear English
- earth English
- earthwax English
- earwax English
- flower English
- forthwax English
- forwax English
- grave English
- grave wax English
- half-waxen English
- histowax English
- light English
- nonwaxy English
- overwax English
- plant English
- play English
- pod English
- resist English
- rewax English
- seal English
- sealwax English
- unwaxy English
- wax-resist English
- waxability English
- waxable English
- waxathon English
- waxberry English
- waxbill English
- waxbird English
- waxcap English
- waxen English
- waxer English
- waxest English
- waxeth English
- waxflower English
- waxie English
- waxily English
- waxiness English
- waxish English
- waxless English
- waxlessness English
- waxlight English
- waxlike English
- waxplant English
- waxplay English
- waxpod English
- waxweed English
- waxwing English
- waxwork English
- waxworker English
- waxworky English
- waxworm English
- waxy English
- weed English
- white English
- whitewax English
- wing English
- work English
- worker English
- worm English
- autovaha Finnish
- kiillotusvaha Finnish
- kittivaha Finnish
- korvavaha Finnish
- kynttilävaha Finnish
- lattiavaha Finnish
- mehiläisvaha Finnish
- merenvaha Finnish
- muovailuvaha Finnish
- sinettivaha Finnish
- vaha Finnish
- vahainen Finnish
- vahakabinetti Finnish
- vahakangas Finnish
- vahakas Finnish
- vahakuva Finnish
- vahakynttilä Finnish
- vahaliitu Finnish
- vahamaalaus Finnish
- vahamainen Finnish
- vahapatsas Finnish
- vahas Finnish
- vahasara Finnish
- vahata Finnish
- vahatulppa Finnish
- valaanpäävaha Finnish
- viiksivaha Finnish
- Bienenwachs German
- Wachs German
- Wachsfigur German
- Wachskerze German
- Wachsmalstift German
- Wachstropfen German
- Wachstum German
- anwachsen German
- aufwachsen German
- auswachsen German
- durchwachsen German
- emporwachsen German
- entwachsen German
- erwachsen German
- festwachsen German
- heranwachsen German
- verwachsen German
- wachsartig German
- wachsbleich German
- wachsen German
- wachsweich German
- wächsern German
- überwachsen German
- bijenwas Dutch, Flemish
- handwas Dutch, Flemish
- voorwas Dutch, Flemish
- was Dutch, Flemish
- wasknijper Dutch, Flemish
- waslijn Dutch, Flemish
- wasmand Dutch, Flemish
- wasrek Dutch, Flemish
- zegelwas Dutch, Flemish
- вакса Russian
- воск Russian
- αὐξάνω Ancient Greek
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *woḱ-so- Proto-Indo-European
- *wahsą Proto-Germanic
- wosk Polish
- weax Old English
- weaxcandel Old English
- ओजस् Sanskrit
- वक्षति Sanskrit
- ere Middle English
- erewax Middle English
- forthwaxen Middle English
- forwaxen Middle English
- wax Middle English
- waxen Middle English
- waxi Middle English
- wex Middle English
- vax Old Norse
- vokse Danish
- *voskъ Proto-Slavic
- vakso Esperanto
- vosak Serbo-Croatian
- восак Serbo-Croatian
- αυξάνω Greek (modern)
- waslap Indonesian
- wahs Old High German
- восък Bulgarian
- wahs Middle High German
- wahsen Middle High German
- Wuess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- wuessen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- וואַקסן Yiddish
- *wahs gmw-pro
- vaha Estonian
- *vaha Proto-Finnic
- was Middle Low German
- ojā Pali
- baks Cimbrian
- baksan Cimbrian
- восок Macedonian
- віск Ukrainian
- *Háwǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- wahs Old Saxon
- воск Belarusian
- vosek Slovene
- воскъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vaškas Lithuanian
- *Hwákṣati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- wósk Lower Sorbian
- vaha Veps
- Wass Low German
- 𑀑𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *waśkas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- vaha Ingrian
- waxæ Old Danish
- wāhs Vilamovian
- wósk Upper Sorbian
- vaha Karelian
- cap
- ear
- pod
- bill
- worm
- work
- seal
- weed
- wing
- bird
- play
- waxy
- waxen
- light
- waxie
- rewax
- waxer
- white
- grave
- earth
- plant
- berry
- dewax
- candle
- waxish
- forwax
- resist
- waxily
- flower
- waxeth
- unwaxy
- waxest
- earwax
- waxcap
- waxpod
- worker
- waxlike
- sealwax
- waxable
- waxless
- nonwaxy
- waxworm
- waxweed
- waxbird
- waxwing
- waxbill
- waxplay
- overwax
- waxwork
- whitewax
- histowax
- waxiness
- earthwax
- waxworky
- forthwax
- waxlight
- waxathon
- waxplant
- waxberry
- waxflower
- waxworker
- candlewax
- grave wax
- waxability
- half-waxen
- wax-resist
- waxlessness