welfare · Contextualize

Etymology

From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)). Equivalent to well + fare. Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)). The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.

inherited from welefare

Definitions

Health, safety, happiness and prosperity
Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
2
Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".
- Oliveira seems to suggest that the Jews of Kiryas Joel are somehow gaming the welfare system to fund their lifestyles, while simultaneously acknowledging the high poverty rates in the town that qualify residents for programs like Medicaid.
3
To provide with welfare or aid.
- welfaring the poor

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Derived

animal welfare, antiwelfare, corporate welfare, corporate welfare bum, postwelfare, prewelfare, social welfare, wealthfare, welfare bum, welfare Cadillac, welfare capitalism, welfare check, welfare economics, welfare hotel, welfare magnet, welfare mother, welfare parasite, welfare princess, welfare queen, welfare rat, welfare state, welfare-to-work, welfare trap, welfarite

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at welfare. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at welfare. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at welfare

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