- deluge (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation," from diluere "wash away," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave).
- deluge (v.)
- 1590s; see deluge (n.). Related: Deluged; deluging.
