In light of the weather we’ve been having of late here in the mid-Atlantic region, I propose…
Rain
Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
The descent of such water.
Rainy weather.
rains A rainy season.
A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.
v.: rained, rain·ing, rains
v. intr.:
To fall in drops of water from the clouds.
To fall like rain: Praise rained down on the composer.
To release rain.
v. tr.:
To send or pour down.
To give abundantly; shower: rain gifts; rain curses upon their heads.
Phrasal Verb:
rain out—To force the cancellation or postponement of (an outdoor event) because of rain.
Idiom:
rain cats and dogs Informal—To rain very heavily.
[Middle English, from Old English regn, rn.]
But also from looking at the PIE
ENTRY:
rei-
DEFINITION:
To flow, run. 1. Suffixed zero-grade form *ri-nu-. a. run, runnel, from Old English rinnan, to run, and Old Norse rinna, to run (from Germanic *rinnan, to run, from *ri-nw-an), and from Old English causative ærnan, eornan, to run (from secondary Germanic causative *rannjan); b. Ember day, from Old English ryne, a running, from secondary Germanic derivative *runiz; c. rennet, from Old English *rynet, from secondary Germanic derivative *runita-. 2. Suffixed zero-grade form *ri-l-. rill, from Dutch ril or Low German rille, running stream, from Germanic *ril-. 3. Suffixed form *rei-wo-. rival, rivulet; derive, from Latin rvus, stream. (Pokorny 3. er- 326.)
And isn’t rain but the flow of water from the clouds?
Patricia
