Where does “trough” come from?

Trough comes from Middle English trough, Old English trog, Proto-Germanic trugaz, and Proto-Indo-European dreu-, originally meaning wood or tree.

trough (English): A long, narrow container, open on top, for...

Definitions

  1. A long, narrow container, open on top, for...

Ancestry of “trough”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtroghA trough long narrow container
2Old EnglishtrohAlternative form of trog
3Proto-Semiticṯin-two

Words derived from “trough

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