Dredge Definition

Origin of Dredge

• From obsolete dredge a sweetmeat from Middle English dragge from Old French dragie alteration of Latin tragēmata confectionary from Greek pl. of tragēma sweetmeat terə-¹ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Scots dreg-boat (from Old English *drecg(e)) or alternatively from Middle Dutch dregghe, probably ultimately from the same root as drag.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English dreg- (in dreg-boat boat for dredging) Old English dragan to draw

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Old English dragge, French dragée (“dredge, also, sugar plum”).

  From Wiktionary