English Explanatory Dictionary

-wear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns denoting clothing:
  2. worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).
  3. worn on a particular part of the body (e.g., neckwear).
  4. for a particular use (e.g., daywear).
  5. made in a particular way (e.g., knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (e.g., shoewear).

Word forms

-wear

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear From the noun wear (“clothing”).

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