Where does “drywall” come from?
Drywall is a compound of dry and wall, with wall descending through Middle English wall and Old English weallan from Latin vallum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel-.
drywall (English): A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum...
Definitions
- A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum...
Ancestry of “drywall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dry | Free from or lacking moisture; Unable to produce... |
| 2 | Middle English | drye | Dry; lacking wetness, humidity, or water; Not... |
| 3 | Old English | drȳġe | dry; dry; parched, withered |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *drūgi | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “drywall”