Etymology

sweat hole

Today it means: An opening in the skin through which sweat is excreted; pore. Full definition →

Middle English swet hole ← Old English swātþyrel
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sweat hole · noun1

  1. Old English · derived fromswātþyrel“pore”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromswet hole
  3. English todaysweat hole

From Middle English swet hole, a partial calque of Old English swātþyrel (“pore”, literally “sweat-hole”). Cognate with German Schweißloch (“pore, sweat hole”), Danish swedehul (“pore”), Icelandic svitahola (“pore”).

sweat hole · noun2

From sweat + hole.

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