Etymology

awash

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Today it means: Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water. Full definition →

English wash ← Middle English waschen ← Old English wascan
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The story

  1. Englisha-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wodsḱéti
  4. Proto-Germanic*waskaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waskan
  6. Old Englishwascan
  7. Middle Englishwaschen
  8. Englishwash
  9. English todayawash

From a- + wash.

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