seep
English
/siːp/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- (intransitive) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
- (intransitive) To diminish or wane away slowly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *sipen inherited from Old English sipian (seep) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (trickle, drip) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyb-
Gloss
pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiseepage English
- microseepage English
- seepage English
- seeper English
- seepeth English
- seepweed English
- seepy English
- weed English
- sebaceus Latin
- sebax Latin
- sebum Latin
- sēbum Latin
- sebo Italian
- sego Italian
- afsijpelen Dutch, Flemish
- sijpelen Dutch, Flemish
- sebo Spanish, Castilian
- *seyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *sipto- Proto-Indo-European
- *saipǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sipōną Proto-Germanic
- *sīpaną Proto-Germanic
- sipian Old English
- *sipen Middle English
- sippen Middle English
- seu Old French
- seu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sīpen Middle Dutch
- հիւթ Old Armenian
- հիւթեղ Old Armenian
- նիւթ Old Armenian
- sevo Old Portuguese
- seu Aromanian
- siu Sicilian