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dishwashing

Today it means: The act of cleaning the dishware. Full definition →

Middle English dihsse-wehssinge

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Middle English · inherited fromdihsse-wehssinge
English todaydishwashing

From Middle English dihsse-wehssinge, dischwaschyng, equivalent to dish + washing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.