Etymology
Wash out is a phrasal verb that originated in the 16th century. It is derived from the Old English verbs wascan ("to wash") and ūt ("out").
Meaning
Wash out has several related meanings:
Origin
The earliest known use of wash out in the sense of "to remove something by washing" dates back to 1523. The other meanings developed later.
Examples
Etymology Old English wæscan ultimately derived from the Proto Indo European root wes
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