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deluge

/ˈdeljuːdʒ/DEL-yooj
/ˈdɛljudʒ/DEL-yooj

Meaninga washing down

Common meaning: a great flood

‘down, away, off’ + ‘to wash’ → deluge

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LU‘wash, cleanse, expiate’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 326, p. 741 · scan
  2. Latinlavō, lautum, lōtum‘to wash’
  3. Old Frenchdelugesource
  4. Englishdeluge‘a great flood’ · today

de- also in: deterdecampdecidededucedefame

lu also in: lotionlavatory

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin lavō ‘to wash’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry lavō, p. 1044 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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