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deluge

/ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A great flood or rain.
  2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
  3. A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
  4. To flood with water.
  5. To overwhelm.
  6. The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lawō Latin lavō Latin dīluō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin dīluvium Old French delugebor. Middle English deluge English deluge From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.

  1. dīluvium(la)→
  2. deluge(Old French)→
  3. deluge(Middle English)→
  4. *lewh₃-(ine-pro)→
  5. deluge (English)
  6. Relations: root, inh, der, der

Related words

*lewh₃-(ine-pro)deluge(Middle English)deluge(Old French)dīluvium(la)

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