depthe
Middle English
/dɛpθ/
noun
Definitions
- Deepness; the measurement of depth.
- The depths; the oceans; that which is below the waves.
- (rare) The sea floor; the part of the earth's surface which is submerged.
- (rare) The lower or inner part of something; the interior of something.
- (rare) The extent of something.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English *dīepþ (depth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (depth) affix from Middle English depe.
Origin
Middle English
depe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deep English
- depth English
- depthen English
- depthie English
- depthless English
- depthwise English
- palaeodepth English
- paleodepth English
- *dʰewb- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *diupiþō Proto-Germanic
- *dīepþ Old English
- dēop Old English
- depe Middle English
- depely Middle English
- depen Middle English
- depnesse Middle English
- dýpt Old Norse
- dýpð Old Norse
- *diufitha Old High German
- 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- diopitha Old Dutch
- diupitha Old Saxon
- *diūpte Old Frisian