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Added 9 October 2026

dew

/d͡ʒuː/ noun

In Latin: rōs Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dew at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
in the morning the grass was wet with dew

Origin

From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag.

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