Where does “dry pailing” come from?
dry pailing (English) comes from English dry pail, from English pail, from Middle English payle, from Old French paielle, from Latin patella, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
dry pailing (English): The method of using a dry pail to store soiled cloth diapers, as opposed to a wet pail
Definitions
- The method of using a dry pail to store soiled cloth diapers, as opposed to a wet pail
Ancestry of “dry pailing”, step by step
dry pailing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dry pail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dry pail | A small basket or bucket or hanging wet bag, usually with holes to allow for airflow and sometimes without a lid, used to store soiled cloth diapers or, very rarely, disposable diapers; a diaper pail without water or cleaning solution |
| 2 | English | pail | A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually... |
| 3 | Middle English | payle | A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical... |
| 4 | Old French | paielle | pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure |
| 5 | Latin | patella | a small or shallow pan or dish; the kneecap,... |
| 6 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 11 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |