wonder
English
/ˈwʌndə/, /ˈwʌndɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence.
- (UK) A mental pondering, a thought.
- (US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wonder inherited from Old English wundor (marvel, wonder, miracle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (wonder) inherited from Middle English wondren inherited from Old English wundrian inherited from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną root from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁-
Gloss
love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wonder Woman English
- Wonderbra English
- Wonderword English
- bearing English
- beast English
- berry English
- bewonder English
- boy English
- bra English
- child English
- drug English
- forwonder English
- girl English
- glow English
- goal English
- kid English
- land English
- shine English
- song English
- struck English
- superwonderful English
- unwonder English
- unwonderful English
- weapon English
- woman English
- wonder-bearing English
- wonderance English
- wonderbeast English
- wonderberry English
- wonderboy English
- wonderbra English
- wonderchild English
- wonderdrug English
- wonderer English
- wonderest English
- wondereth English
- wonderful English
- wonderfuller English
- wonderfully English
- wonderfulness English
- wondergirl English
- wonderglow English
- wondergoal English
- wonderhood English
- wonderkid English
- wonderland English
- wonderless English
- wonderlessness English
- wonderly English
- wonderment English
- wonderous English
- wondershine English
- wondersome English
- wondersong English
- wonderstruck English
- wonderweapon English
- wonderworker English
- wonderworking English
- wonderworld English
- wonderworthy English
- wont English
- word English
- worker English
- working English
- world English
- capillus Veneris Latin
- venereus Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- vēnārī Latin
- vēnātiōnem Latin
- Weltwunder German
- Wirtschaftswunder German
- Wunder German
- Wunderbeere German
- Wunderkerze German
- Wunderkind German
- Wundermittel German
- Wunderwerk German
- wunderbar German
- wunderlich German
- wundern German
- wundernehmen German
- wundersam German
- wunderschön German
- wundertoll German
- wundervoll German
- wereldwonder Dutch, Flemish
- wonder Dutch, Flemish
- wonderbaar Dutch, Flemish
- wonderdoener Dutch, Flemish
- wonderdokter Dutch, Flemish
- wonderkind Dutch, Flemish
- wonderknaap Dutch, Flemish
- wonderlijk Dutch, Flemish
- wonderteken Dutch, Flemish
- wonderwel Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁-es-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁is Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁osteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *Balþawiniz Proto-Germanic
- *wanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *winiz Proto-Germanic
- *winjō Proto-Germanic
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunajaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wundrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wunāną Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- beundra Swedish
- under Swedish
- underavdelning Swedish
- underbarn Swedish
- underdel Swedish
- underdiffusion Swedish
- underetsning Swedish
- undergräva Swedish
- undergång Swedish
- underhålla Swedish
- underklass Swedish
- underlakan Swedish
- underlig Swedish
- underliggande Swedish
- underlägg Swedish
- underlätta Swedish
- undermeny Swedish
- underminera Swedish
- underordna Swedish
- underrubrik Swedish
- underrätta Swedish
- underskatta Swedish
- underskrift Swedish
- undersöka Swedish
- underteckna Swedish
- undervattensbåt Swedish
- undra Swedish
- undran Swedish
- ワンダフル Japanese
- ワンダーウーマン Japanese
- wundor Old English
- wundorful Old English
- wundorlic Old English
- wundorlice Old English
- wundortacen Old English
- wundres Old English
- wundrian Old English
- वन् Sanskrit
- forwonderen Middle English
- wonder Middle English
- wonderful Middle English
- wonderly Middle English
- wondren Middle English
- undr Old Norse
- undra Old Norse
- undre Danish
- undra Icelandic
- undrabarn Icelandic
- undrun Icelandic
- undur Icelandic
- wonder Middle Dutch
- wuntar Old High German
- wuntarōn Old High German
- wunder Middle High German
- wundern Middle High German
- Wonner Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wundr gmw-pro
- *wundrōn gmw-pro
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro
- wundar Old Dutch
- *weniyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēnos Proto-Celtic
- wundar Old Saxon
- undir Old Swedish
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- wunder Old Frisian
- *un- Proto-Albanian
- boy
- kid
- bra
- girl
- glow
- goal
- song
- wont
- drug
- land
- word
- shine
- child
- beast
- world
- woman
- berry
- struck
- weapon
- worker
- working
- bearing
- unwonder
- wonderly
- wonderer
- bewonder
- wonderbra
- wonderous
- forwonder
- wonderkid
- wondereth
- Wonderbra
- wonderful
- wonderboy
- wonderest
- Wonderword
- wonderdrug
- wonderance
- wonderment
- wonderhood
- wondersome
- wonderland
- wondergirl
- wondersong
- wonderglow
- wondergoal
- wonderless
- wonderbeast
- wonderworld
- unwonderful
- wonderfully
- wonderchild
- wonderberry
- wondershine
- wonderworthy
- wonderworker
- Wonder Woman
- wonderfuller
- wonderstruck
- wonderweapon
- wonderworking
- wonderfulness
- superwonderful
- wonder-bearing
- wonderlessness