atwite

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English

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Etymology

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PIE word
*h₂éd

From Middle English atwiten (to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt),[1] from Old English ætwītan (to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (to accuse; to blame, reproach) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (to punish; to torment; to know; to see), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see)). The English word is analysable as at- +‎ wite.

Verb

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atwite (third-person singular simple present atwites, present participle atwiting, simple past and past participle atwited)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ atwīten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Anagrams

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