Etymology

downhole

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Today it means: Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea. Full definition →

English hole ← Middle English hole ← Old English hol
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The story

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Proto-Germanic*hulaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*hulą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hol
  5. Old Englishhol
  6. Middle Englishhole
  7. Englishhole
  8. English todaydownhole

From down- + hole.

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