English word sewer comes from Vulgar Latin *exaquaria, Latin exaquaria, and later Old French sewiere (Overflow channel (for water).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*exaquaria | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
exaquaria | Latin (lat) | |
sewiere | Old French (fro) | Overflow channel (for water). |
sewere | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
seuer | Middle English (enm) | |
sewer | English (en) | A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage. (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers. |