Middle English dogh develops into modern dough with later spelling stabilization while the inherited vowel history produces /oʊ/.
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dough
a kneadable flour-and-liquid mixture
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · dough massdogh
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The kneadable flour mass remains the lexical center; money is a later slang extension.
Recorded before the twelfth century in English.
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Dough — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology and First Known Use
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Dough — American Heritage DictionaryMiddle English dogh from Old English dāg
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