Weevil definition
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Origin of weevil
- Middle English wevel from Old English wifel webh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz (compare Dutch tortwevel, Low German Scharnwevel, German Wiebel (“beetle, chafer")), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel (compare Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle, weevil"), dialectal Russian веблица (veblica, “intestinal worm")), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-, *h₁webʰ- (“to weave, wave"). More at weave and wave.
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