wallow
/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/ · verb
Meaning
- To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
- To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
- To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
- To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
- An instance of wallowing.
- A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
- A kind of rolling walk.
- To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.
- Tasteless, flat.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”), from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll, tumble”, verb).
- volvō(la)→
- *welH-(ine-pro)→
- *welw-(ine-pro)→
- *walwijaną(gem-pro)→
- *walwōn(gmw-pro)→
- wealwian(Old English)→
- walowen(enm)→
- *welH-(ine-pro)→
- wallow (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, inh, der, der, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- roll(English) (cog)
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