Etymology

porewater

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Today it means: The water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc. Full definition →

English water ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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The story

  1. Englishpore
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  5. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  6. Old Englishwæter
  7. Middle Englishwater
  8. Englishwater
  9. English todayporewater

From pore + water.

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