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 I.  verb see:  wake  
 Date: 14th century
 transitive  verb to stay in place in expectation of ;  await  , to delay serving (a meal), to serve as waiter for , intransitive  verb 
 
 1. to remain stationary in readiness or expectation , to pause for another to catch up, 
 
 2. to look forward expectantly , to hold back expectantly , to serve at meals, 
 
 4. to be ready and available , to remain temporarily neglected or unrealized , 
 Usage: American dialectologists have evidence showing wait on (sense 3) to be more a Southern than a Northern form in speech. Handbook writers universally denigrate wait on and prescribe wait for in writing. Our evidence from printed sources does not show a regional preference; it does show that the handbooks' advice is not based on current usage    . One reason for the continuing use of wait on may lie in its being able to suggest protracted or irritating waits better than wait for    . Wait on is less common than wait for, but if it seems natural, there is no reason to avoid it. 
 
 II.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English waite watchman, observation, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wahta watch
 Date: 14th century
 
 
 1. a hidden or concealed position, a state or attitude of watchfulness and expectancy , 
 
 2. one of a band of public musicians in England employed to play for processions or public entertainments, b. one of a group who serenade…