vase

Meaning

silt, mud

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaz/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle French, from Middle Dutch wase (“mud, silt, wet ground, clod of dirt, grass”), from *Old Dutch waso, from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, wet”). More at ouze.

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