Wing

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Wing

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late 12c., wenge, from Old Norse vængr “wing of a bird, aisle, etc.” (cognate (having the same ancestor) with Danish and Swedish vinge “wing”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *we-ingjaz, suffixed form of PIE root *we- “blow” (source of Old English wawan “to blow;” see wind (n.1)). Replaced Old English fe_ra (plural) “wings” (see feather). The meaning “either of two divisions of a political party, army, etc.” is first recorded c. 1400; theatrical sense is from 1790. The slang sense of earn (one’s) wings is 1940s, from the wing-shaped badges awarded to air cadets on graduation. To be under (someone’s) wing “protected by (someone)” is recorded from early 13c. Phrase on a wing and a prayer is title of a 1943 song about landing a damaged aircraft.