Etymology

dewax

D2E1W4A1X8

Today it means: To remove wax from (a material or surface). Full definition →

English wax ← Middle English wax ← Old English weax
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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-Germanic*wahsą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*wahs
  9. Old Englishweax
  10. Middle Englishwax
  11. Englishwax
  12. English todaydewax

From de- + wax.

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