Wooden
/ˈwʊd.ən/noun
Made of or resembling wood.
Did you know?The ancestor of “wood” referred not only to timber but also to a forest or collection of trees, preserving an ancient connection between material objects and living nature.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*widhu-
“Tree or wood; the reconstructed ancestor of later Germanic forms.”
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*widuz
“Wood, forest, or timber.”
Old English
Old English
wudu
“Wood, forest, or timber.”
Middle English
Middle English
wode
“Wood, forest, or material from trees.”
Old English
Old English
wudene
“Made of wood; the source of the modern adjective.”
Modern English
English
wooden
“Made of wood; later also used figuratively for something stiff or lacking natural expression.”