Etymology

rainwear

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Today it means: Clothing worn as protection from rain. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰnos?
  3. Proto-Germanic*regną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*regn
  5. Old Englishreġn
  6. Middle Englishreyn
  7. Englishrain
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  12. Old Englishwerian
  13. Middle Englishweren
  14. Englishwear
  15. English todayrainwear

From rain + -wear.

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