Etymology

waterfunk

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Today it means: Someone who is afraid to go into water; a hydrophobe. Full definition →

English funk ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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  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. Englishfunk
  9. English todaywaterfunk

Compound of water + funk (“a coward”).

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