- rinse (v.)
- c.1300 (mid-13c. in surname rinsfet), from Old French reincier (Modern French rincer), proably dissimilated from recincier, from Vulgar Latin *recentiare "to make fresh, to wash, cleanse with water," from Late Latin recentare "to make fresh," from Latin recens "new, fresh" (see recent). OED says similarity in form and sense with Old Norse hreinsa is "prob[ably] accidental." Related: Rinsed; rinsing.
- rinse (n.)
- 1837, from rinse (v.).