wean

English

/wiːn/, /wiːn/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To cease giving milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
  • (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment.
  • (transitive) To cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated.
  • (intransitive) To cease to depend.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wenen inherited from Old English wenian (prepare, accustom, train, habituate, make fit) derived from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (accustom, be used to, make wont) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue), *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wenh₁-

Gloss

love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

欲

Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👩 👰‍♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂

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