Where does the word depth originate from?
Where does the word depth originate from? depth (n.) late 14c., "a deep place, deep water, the sea," also "distance or extension from the top down (opposed to height) or from without inward," apparently formed in Middle English on model of long/length, broad/breadth; from dēp "deep" (see deep (adj.)) + -th (2). When was the word breadth invented? breadth (n.) "distance between the sides," late 14c., alteration of brede "breadth," from Old English brædu "breadth, width, extent," from bræd; probably by analogy of long/length. What is the real meaning of depth? 1 : measurement from top to bottom or from...