w 4 o 1 n 1 e 1
4 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom Middle English wone, variant of wane, from Old Norse ván (“hope, expectation”). The senses relating to dwelling-places apparently derive from the sense relating to expectation, i.e. the home as the place one is expected to be; cf. von (“place where one expects to find fish”).
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