Where does “groundwater” come from?
Groundwater combines English water, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ and wed-, with English grind, from Old Norse grind, Faroese grind, and Proto-Indo-European gʰr̥mtu-.
groundwater (English): Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in...
Definitions
- Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in...
Ancestry of “groundwater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 2 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 3 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |