Etymology

dewater

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Today it means: To remove water from. Full definition →

English water ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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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*wed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  9. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  10. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  11. Old Englishwæter
  12. Middle Englishwater
  13. Englishwater
  14. English todaydewater

From de- + water.

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