newt
The origin and history of newt.
Etymology
Formed by a historical misdivision: Middle English "an ewte" was mistakenly split as "a newt" — the same kind of shift that gave us "a nickname" from "an ekename."
The origin and history of newt.
Formed by a historical misdivision: Middle English "an ewte" was mistakenly split as "a newt" — the same kind of shift that gave us "a nickname" from "an ekename."
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