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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Wondering about Wilderness #149231 10/25/05 01:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Could it be related to bewilder? Hmm, she said, having decided to LIU: bewilder 1684, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (c.1320). wilderness c.1200, from O.E. wildeoren "wild, savage," from wildern (adj.) "wild, savage" (from wilde "wild" + deor "animal;" see deer) + -ness. Cf. Du. wildernis, Ger. Wildernis, though the usual form is Wildnis. Online Etymology Dictionary Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Wondering about Wilderness TessGreenberg 10/22/05 04:22 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness inselpeter 10/22/05 04:31 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Capital Kiwi 10/24/05 08:04 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Jackie 10/25/05 01:42 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness cain38 10/25/05 02:53 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness tsuwm 10/25/05 03:20 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness inselpeter 10/25/05 05:01 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Marianna 10/25/05 07:57 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Faldage 10/25/05 10:32 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness zmjezhd 10/25/05 12:26 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Jackie 10/25/05 01:47 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness zmjezhd 10/25/05 01:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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