Etymology

drought

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Today it means: A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. Full definition →

Middle English droughte ← Old English drūgaþ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromdrūgaþ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdroughte
  3. English todaydrought

From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).

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