Etymology

warewashing

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Today it means: The act of cleaning and sanitizing kitchenware. Full definition →

English washing ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*warō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  3. Old Englishwaru
  4. Middle Englishware
  5. Englishware
  6. Englishwashing
  7. English todaywarewashing

From ware + washing.

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