Dew is tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces, like grass or leaves, during the night or early morning. It appears when water vapor in the air condenses as temperatures drop.
From Old English "dēaw," related to similar words in other Germanic languages. It has ancient roots in Proto-Germanic and Indo-European terms for moisture and dampness.
Dew feels magical, but it’s just physics: air can’t hold as much water when it cools, so the extra gets squeezed out as droplets. Those sparkling beads on morning grass are the air literally giving back what it was carrying.
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