Etymology

deice

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Today it means: To remove ice from (something). Full definition →

English ice ← Middle English is ← Old English īs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-so-
  9. Proto-Germanic*īsą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*īs
  11. Old Englishīs
  12. Middle Englishis
  13. Englishice
  14. English todaydeice

From de- + ice.

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