Deluge
/ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/noun
A great flood or overwhelming outpouring of something.
Did you know?Deluge entered English through French and Latin, and in biblical and apocalyptic writing it became a loaded word for world-ending flood imagery.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leu-
“to wash, cleanse”
Latin
Latin
diluvium
“a flood, deluge”
Late Latin
Latin
diluviare
“to flood”
Old French
Old French
deluge
“a flood, inundation”
Middle English
English
deluge
“a great flood”