drench
English
/dɹɛntʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A draught administered to an animal.
- (obsolete) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drenchen inherited from Old English drenċan (drench, give to drink, give drink to, soak, make drunk, sink, plunge, saturate, submerge, ply with drink, drown) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (cause to drink, drench).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drankijaną
Gloss
cause to drink, drench
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedrench English
- bedrink English
- drencher English
- drenching English
- drenchingly English
- drink English
- drinkle English
- fordrench English
- indrench English
- drenkeling Dutch, Flemish
- drenken Dutch, Flemish
- τρώγω Ancient Greek
- *drankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *drenclian Old English
- adrencan Old English
- drencan Old English
- drenċan Old English
- fordrencan Old English
- geonddrencan Old English
- *bedrinken Middle English
- *drencher Middle English
- bidrenchen Middle English
- drenchen Middle English
- drenchyng Middle English
- drinklen Middle English
- fordrenchen Middle English
- drekkja Old Norse
- drenken Middle Dutch
- trenken Old High German
- dränken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- drenken Old Dutch
- drenkian Old Saxon