rincer

French

verb
Definitions
  • to rinse
  • (slang) to drink a lot of alcohol

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rincer (rinse) derived from raincer, raïncer derived from Old Norse hreinsa (rinse, clean out, cleanse) derived from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, purify, cleanse) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

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separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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