Wove
/woʊv/noun
Past tense and past participle of weave; to form cloth, fabric, or other material by interlacing threads.
Did you know?The word comes from a very old Germanic root meaning to weave, and its deep Indo-European relatives also hide in words for twisting, plaiting, and even making nets.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*webh-
“to weave, to arrange threads”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wabjaną
“to weave”
Old English
OE
wefan
“to weave”
Middle English
ME
weven
“to weave”
Modern English
English
wove
“past tense of weave”