woo
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Concepten
het hof maken
dingen naar de gunst van
vrijen
recruteren
Synoniemen
pay court to
make love to
ask in marriage
seek after
bind around
make advances
approach defiantly
make a play
pressure someone for sex
seek in marriage
be after
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/wuː/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
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