Rinse

Morpheme

Rinse

Type

free base

Denotation

cleanse with water, light washing

Etymology

Middle English rinsen, rincen, rensen, rencen; Anglo-French rincer; Old French rincier, reinser, from recincier; probably from unattested Latin *recentare, from recentis, from recēns

Evidence

mouthrinse, prerinse, rinsable, rinse, rinseable, rinsed, rinser, rinses, rinsible, rinsing, unrinsed

See Also

re-, Cent, Riddle