English
drenching
Drenching comes from Middle English drenchinge.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500drenchinge
- Englishearliest quotation 1859drenching
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500drenchinge
- Englishearliest quotation 1859drenching
Earliest quotation: 1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden: “[…] and it contains a very good selection of…”
Formed from drench + -ing
Proto-Germanic *drankiz ‘drink’
Proto-West Germanic *dranki
Old English drenċ ‘drink’
Middle English drench ‘beverage, drink’
English drench
Every English word from Middle English drenchinge
Today it means
noun The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English drenchinge / drenching