Jawed
/dʒɔːd/noun
Having jaws or a specified kind of jaw.
Did you know?English jaw is first recorded in the Middle English period, but scholars cannot definitively agree whether it arose from a Germanic source, a French word for “cheek,” or another regional form.
Etymological Timeline
Before the 14th Century
Uncertain
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“The ultimate origin of jaw is disputed; no securely established ancestral form is known.”
14th Century
Middle English
jawe
“Jaw or cheek; an early recorded form in English.”
15th–16th Century
English
jaw
“The lower part of the face containing the mouth and teeth; later also a mouth or opening.”
Modern English
English
jawed
“Formed from jaw plus the suffix -ed, meaning furnished with jaws or having a particular jaw structure.”