Etymology

waterborne

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Today it means: Transported or transmitted by water. Full definition →

English borne ← Middle English boren /iborne ← Old English (ġe)boren
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  5. Old Englishwæter
  6. Middle Englishwater
  7. Englishwater
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  10. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*beran
  12. Old Englishberan
  13. Old English(ġe)boren
  14. Middle Englishboren /iborne
  15. Englishborne
  16. English todaywaterborne

From water + -borne.

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