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• yawn — [OE] Yawn goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *ghei , *ghi , which also produced Greek kháskein ‘gape’ (a close relative of English chasm [17]) and Latin hiāre ‘gape, yawn’ (source of English hiatus [16]). The base passed into… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• yawn — {{11}}yawn (n.) act of yawning, 1690s, from YAWN (Cf. yawn) (v.). Meaning boring thing is attested from 1889. {{12}}yawn (v.) c.1300, yenen, yonen, from O.E. ginian, gionian open the mouth wide, gape, from P.Gmc. *gin (Cf. O.N. gina to yawn, Du.… …   Etymology dictionary

• yawn — [OE] Yawn goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *ghei , *ghi , which also produced Greek kháskein ‘gape’ (a close relative of English chasm [17]) and Latin hiāre ‘gape, yawn’ (source of English hiatus [16]). The base passed into… …   Word origins