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Wode
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“Wednesday’s child,” based on the Anglo-Saxon Wodnes daeg (Woden’sday, i.e., Wednesday), in allusion to Woden, a Germanic god.
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Anglo-Saxon
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Washington
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“From the washing village,” i.e., from the village near the river or stream where the women wash clothes, based on the Anglo-Saxon wascan (wash) and tun (village).
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English
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