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English word waste comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ug-, Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, Proto-Germanic - þuz, Frankish *wostin, Frankish *wōsti, Frankish *wostinna, and later Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (To grow.)

*h₂ug- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wōstaz (Proto-Germanic)

- þuz (Proto-Germanic)

*wostin (Frankish)

*wōsti (Frankish)

*wostinna (Frankish)

*wahsijaną (Proto-Germanic)

To grow.

*wuosti (Frankish)

*wahstuz (Proto-Germanic)

Size, growth.

waste (Old French)

*wǣxt (Old English)

wast (Old Northern French)

wast (Middle English)

waste (English)

(now, rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.. Barren; desert.. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.. Superfluous; needless.. Unfortunate; disappointing. (Can we add an example for this sense?).

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