Wash
/wɒʃ/noun
To clean something with water or another liquid.
Did you know?Wash is inherited from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, a very old household verb whose cousins spread across Germanic languages long before English existed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wed-
“to wet, water”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*waskaną
“to wash, cleanse with water”
Old English
OE
wæscan
“to wash, cleanse”
Middle English
ME
wassen / washen
“to wash”
Modern English
English
wash
“to clean with liquid”