Etymograph

English

rainprint

From rain + print.

A compound of rain + print

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Latin imprimō ‘to press into, imprint’

Middle English emprinten ‘to impress, imprint’

Middle English *printen

English print

Today it means

noun One of the small pits seen on the surface of some argillaceous rocks, believed to be the impressions of raindrops.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rainprint”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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