Where does “sewage” come from?
Sewage derives from English sewer, which comes from English sew, tracing back through Chinese 兒 to Latin -aticum, -are, -arius, and ultimately Latin securus meaning secure or free from care.
sewage (English): A suspension of water and solid waste,...
Definitions
- A suspension of water and solid waste,...
Ancestry of “sewage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sewer | A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human... |
| 2 | English | sew | To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through... |
| 3 | Middle English | sew | Alternative form of sowe |
| 4 | Old English | seaw | sap, juice; moisture; humour |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sauw | — |