English
dishwasher
Dishwasher comes from Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘to well’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wed-‘to well’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dysche wescheare
- Englishearliest quotation 2007dishwasher
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wed-‘to well’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dysche wescheare
- Englishearliest quotation 2007dishwasher
Earliest quotation: 2007, Thomas Quealy: “The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered…”
Ancient Greek δικεῖν ‘to cast’
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Latin discus ‘a discus, quoit’
Proto-West Germanic *disk ‘table’
Old English disċ ‘plate’
Middle English dissh
English dish
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘wet, water’
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Proto-West Germanic *waskan ‘to wash’
Old English wascan ‘to wash’
Middle English wasshen ‘to wash’
Middle English wasshere ‘one who debases coins by using acid to wear…’
English washer
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘to well’
water, wet, und, abundance, vodka, wash, surround, abundant, hydro, redundant, otter, hydrate, vitriol, hydride, vitreous, aldehyde, vedra, inundate, undine, 43 more
Today it means
noun A machine for washing dishes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wed- / dishwasher