Where does “drought” come from?
Drought comes from Middle English droghte, from Old English drūgaþ, from Old English dryġe meaning dry.
drought (English): A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and...
Definitions
- A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and...
Ancestry of “drought”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | droughte | Drought; an absence of rain |
| 2 | Old English | drūgaþ | dryness, drought |
| 3 | Old English | drȳġe | dry; dry; parched, withered |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *drūgi | dry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drūgiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |