depth

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The distance from the top to the bottom of something.

   Measure the depth of the water before you jump in.

2. 2
   noun

   How strong, serious, or complete a feeling or quality is.

   The depth of her sadness was clear to everyone.

3. 3
   noun

   The deepest or most extreme part of something.

   They explored the depths of the ocean.

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Simplified etymology

Depth is recorded from the late Middle English period and is historically connected with deep. In Old English, deep itself could also mean “depth.”

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates Cognate with Scots deepth (“depth”), Saterland Frisian Djüpte (“depth”), West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte (“depth”), German Low German, Limburgish Deepde (“depth”), Luxembourgish Déift (“depth”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic djúp, dýpi, dýpt (“depth”), Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, djupt, dypt (“depth”), Swedish djup (“depth”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”)…

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