Etymology

washtub

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Today it means: A tub used for washing clothes. Full definition →

English tub ← Middle English waschen ← Old English wascan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wodsḱéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*waskaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*waskan
  5. Old Englishwascan
  6. Middle Englishwaschen
  7. Englishwash
  8. Englishtub
  9. English todaywashtub

From wash + tub.

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