dross
English
/dɹɒs/, /dɹɔs/, /dɹɑs/
noun
Definitions
- Waste or impure matter.
- Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation.
- The impurities in metal.
- A waste product from working with metal.
- (figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drosse inherited from Old English drōs, drōsna, *drēcg inherited from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *dragjō (dregs) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (sediment, dregs, yeast).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰrā́ks
Gloss
sediment, dregs, yeast
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drossiness English
- drossless English
- drossy English
- druse English
- drused English
- drusy English
- undrossy English
- droesem Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰrā́ks Proto-Indo-European
- *dragjō Proto-Germanic
- *drōhsnǭ Proto-Germanic
- *drēcg Old English
- drōs Old English
- drōsna Old English
- drosse Middle English
- dregg Old Norse
- droesene Middle Dutch
- *rahka Proto-Finnic
- *faiks Proto-Italic
- *frakēs Proto-Italic
- *(a)n-draga Proto-Albanian
- *drag- Proto-Albanian