English

roughdry

From rough + dry.

A compound of rough + dry

Proto-Germanic *rūhaz ‘rough, hairy’

Old English rūh ‘rough’

Middle English rough ‘rough’

English rough

Proto-Germanic *drūgiz ‘hard, solid; dry’

Proto-West Germanic *drūgī ‘dry’

Old English drȳġe ‘dry’

Middle English drye ‘not wet’

English dry

Today it means

verb In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / roughdry