Await
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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + waitier ‘to wait’.
wiktionary
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier(“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a-(“to”) + waitier(“to watch”). [1] More at English wait.
etymonline
await (v.)
mid-13c., awaiten, "to wait for," from Old North French awaitier (Old French agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" (see ad-) + waitier "to watch" (see wait (v.)). Originally especially "wait for with hostile intent, wait to ambush or spy upon." Related: Awaited; awaiting.
