Etymology

wetter

wet·ter
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Today it means: A wetting agent or surfactant. Full definition →

English wet ← Middle English wet ← Old English wǣt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wētaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wāt
  4. Old Englishwǣt
  5. Middle Englishwet
  6. Englishwet
  7. English todaywetter

From wet + -er.

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