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swath

Pronunciation: /swɒθ/

The English word “swath” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
  2. A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.

Etymology

From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field”), of unknown further origin. Has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”), and compared with Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) and Welsh chwil (“reeling, staggering”), though this is uncertain, as well as…

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