Etymology

wooze

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Today it means: A liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process. Full definition →

Middle English wosen ← Old English wōsan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwōsan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwosen
  3. English todaywooze

From Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan, variant of wēsan. Doublet of ooze.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwosen all →

ooze

Old Englishwōsan all →

ooze

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.