Etymology

dewet

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Today it means: To undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate Full definition →

English wet ← Middle English wet ← Old English wǣt
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  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-Germanic*wētaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*wāt
  10. Old Englishwǣt
  11. Middle Englishwet
  12. Englishwet
  13. English todaydewet

From de- + wet.

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