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Where does “sweatsoaked” come from?

sweatsoaked (English) comes from English sweat, from Middle English sweten, from Old English swētan.

sweatsoaked (English): soaked with sweat

Definitions

  1. soaked with sweat

Ancestry of “sweatsoaked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweatFluid that exits the body through pores in the...
2Middle EnglishswetenTo make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To...
3Old Englishswētan—
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