Watery
/ˈwɔː.tə.ri/noun
Containing, covered with, or consisting of water; thin or diluted.
Did you know?The word comes from the same deep Germanic root as *water*, and its ancient ancestry reaches back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “water,” one of the most enduring elemental words in human language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wódr̥
“water”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*watōr
“water”
Old English
OE
wæter
“water”
Old English
OE
wæterig
“watery; full of water”
Middle English
ME
watery
“watery; moist, full of water”
Modern English
English
watery
“containing or resembling water”