Where does “drownee” come from?

drownee (English) comes from English drown, from Middle English drownen.

drownee (English): Someone who is drowned

Definitions

  1. Someone who is drowned

Ancestry of “drownee”, step by step

drownee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drown

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrownTo die from suffocation while immersed in water...
2Middle Englishdrownen—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Middle English drownen →Every word from English drown →
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