English Explanatory Dictionary

whatten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. What.

Pronunciation

/wɒtən/ /wɑtən/

Word forms

whatten

Etymology

Originally a contraction of what kind (of) (the DSL traces the Scots cognate back to Middle English whatkin, whatkyn, but the MED's only example is of the two-word collocation what kyn), later used in place of bare what.

Related words

whatna
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