ashen.
Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
Meaning & usage
Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).
Of or resembling ashes.
A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
Ash-colored; pale; anemic
His ashen face belied his claims of good health.
Appalled; upset.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”). By surface analysis, ash + -en (“made or consisting of”).
To turn into ash; make or become ashy
To make or become pale
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash English -en English ashen From ash + -en (verbal suffix).
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