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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?).