sewer
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈs(j)uːə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.
Related words
sewage system
sewing method
sticher
SEW
foul sewer
foul water sewer
sewerage system
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