woo
English
/wuː/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wowen inherited from Old English wōgian (woo, marry, court) derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (angle, bend, a bend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (bent, crooked), *wā- (turn, bend apart, twist, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wā-
Gloss
turn, bend apart, twist, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monger English
- outwoo English
- woo-monger English
- wooable English
- wooer English
- wooish English
- praevāricārī Latin
- *wonk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wā- Proto-Indo-European
- *waiwō Proto-Germanic
- *wanhō Proto-Germanic
- vå Norwegian Nynorsk
- wogere Old English
- wōgian Old English
- wowen Middle English
- wowere Middle English
- vá Old Norse
- vá Icelandic