Etymology

wellbore

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Today it means: The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well. Full definition →

English bore ← Middle English boren ← Old English borian
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The story

  1. Englishwell
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-
  3. Proto-Germanic*burōną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*borōn
  5. Old Englishborian
  6. Middle Englishboren
  7. Englishbore
  8. English todaywellbore

From well + bore.

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