Etymology

wastewater

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Today it means: Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishwaste
  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 todaywastewater

From waste + water.

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