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dirgy

From dirge + -y.

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Etymology unknown, apparently from Scots dirk. First attested in 1602 as dork, in the later 17th century as durk. The spelling dirk is due to Johnson's Dictionary of 1755. Early quotations as well as Johnson 1755 suggest

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dirt

From Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”). Cognate with dialectal Danish

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dirty

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite.

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dis

Abbreviation of disrespect.

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dis-

From Middle English dis-, borrowed from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Piecewise doublet of bis-; further related to bi-, di-, and twi-. Often confused with the separately inherited prefix dys-.

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disad

Clipping of disadvantage.

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disc

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discuslbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk,

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disci

From Latin discī, plural of discus.

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disco

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

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dish

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dăská), Polish deska, Russian доска

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dishy

Etymology tree English dish Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dishy From dish (“attractive person”) + -y (forming adjectives).

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disk

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

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disky

From disk + -y.

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disme

From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.

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disna

From Scots.

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diss

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English respect

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disso

Clipping of dissertation + -o.

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dist

Shortening.

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disty

Diminutives with -y.

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dit

From Middle English ditten, dutten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old Englis

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ditag

From di- + tag.

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dital

From Italian ditale, from Latin digitus (“finger”).

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ditau

From di- + tau.

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ditch

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dīkaz Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīċ Middle English dich English ditch From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish

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dite

See dight.

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ditin

From di- + tin.

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ditsy

Unknown, possibly a variation on dicty.

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ditto

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“to say, to speak”). Not related to English dittography. The specific meaning of making copies o

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ditty

From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dictāre (participle dictatus).

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ditz

Back-formation from ditzy.

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ditzy

Since early 1800s commonly used by Pennsylvania Dutch (Penslfawnisch Deitsch); possibly a borrowing from dialectal German dutzig, also dützig, ditzig (“numb, dazed, dizzy, as after having been punched; dull, stupid”), fr

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div

Clipping of division.

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diva

From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”),

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divan

Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic

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dive

From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (pas

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divel

From Latin dīvellere.

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diven

From dive + -en.

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diver

Etymology tree English dive Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P

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divey

Etymology tree English dive Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English divey From dive + -y.

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divi

Shortening.

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divo

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Italic *deiwos Old Latin deivos Latin dīvuslbor. Italian divobor. English divo Borrowed from Italian divo.

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divot

1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).

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divvy

Clipping of dividend + -y.

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dixer

From Dix + -er. See Dorothy Dixer for more.

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dixi

From Latin dixi (“I have spoken.”).

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dixie

From Hindi देगची (degcī, “a kettle, a metallic cooking pot”), from Classical Persian دیگچه (degča, “a pot, small cauldron”), from دیگ (deg, “pot”) + ـچه (-ča).

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diya

Borrowed from Hindi दिया (diyā).

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diyne

From di- + -yne.

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diyya

From Arabic دِيَة (diya).

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diz

Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.

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dize

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a

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dizen

From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin

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dizi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 笛子 (dízi).

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dizz

See dizzy.

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dizzy

From Middle English dysy, desy, dusi, from Old English dysiġ (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg (“stunned; dazed”). Akin to West Frisian dize (“fog”), Dutch deusig, duizig (“dizzy”), duizelig (“dizzy”),

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dje

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ђе.

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djent

Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal (b. 1970) of the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah.

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djong

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of junk.

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dle

Back-formation from Wordle (“web-based word game”), imitating the apparent suffix (taken from the surname of developer Josh Wardle).

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do

From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do, make”). For senses 4 and 5, compare Old Norse duga, also Nort

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do-

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)bor. English dodeca-clip. English do- From dodeca-, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”).

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doab

Borrowed from Persian دوآب (do-âb) and Hindi दोआब (doāb), properly meaning "two waters".

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dob

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English dobben.

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dobby

From Dobby. Sense “household ghost” from Dob, variant of Rob.

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dobla

Borrowed from Spanish dobla.

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dobra

Borrowed from Portuguese dobra.

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dobro

From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, the name of the inventors + brothers, and also a pun on Slovak dobro (“good”).

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doc

Clipping of doctor.

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dock

From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from P

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docky

From dock + -y.

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doco

Etymology tree French documentairebor. English documentary Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English doco From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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dod

From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”).

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dodad

Apparently from doodad, with spelling influenced by do.

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dodge

Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related

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dodgy

From dodge (verb) + -y. First used in mid-19th century England.

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dodo

Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century.

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doe

From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle S

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doee

From do + -ee, by analogy with doer.

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doek

Borrowed from Afrikaans doek (“cloth”), from Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Doublet of duck.

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doer

From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do + -er.

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does

From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ, equivalent to do + -s. For the shortened vowel compare says.

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doeth

Cognate with Dutch doet.

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doey

From doe + -y.

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dof

From Afrikaans dof. Doublet of daff, deaf, and dowf.

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doff

PIE word *h₂epó The verb is derived from Late Middle English doffen (“to take off (clothing); to remove (headwear) as a sign of respect; to remove (grease) by skimming”), a contraction of Middle English do off, don off,

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dog

Etymology tree Old English *dogga Middle English dogge English dog Inherited from Middle English dogge (akin to Scots dug), from Old English docga, *dogga, of uncertain origin. The original meaning seems to have been a c

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doga

Blend of dog + yoga.

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dogal

From Italian dogale (whence also Medieval Latin dogalis), from Late Latin ducalis (“ducal”). Doublet of ducal.

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dogan

First used in the 19th century, exact origin uncertain. Possibly from Dugan.

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doge

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin dux Venetan doxebor. Italian dogeder. English doge Part

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dogge

From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, dogga.

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doggo

The noun is from dog + -o (colloquializing suffix), perhaps after the adverb. The adverb is probably of the same origin.

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doggy

Etymology tree Old English *dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doggy From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).

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dogi

Borrowed from Japanese 道(どう)着(ぎ) (dōgi).

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dogie

Unknown. Possibly an abbreviation of dough-guts, the pot bellied appearance of a malnourished calf. Possibly the transliteration of the slang word dobie/dobe/doby, pejoratively meaning inferior. Since dogie and dobie in

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dogly

From Middle English *dogly, *doglich, equivalent dog + -ly. Compare doglike.

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dogma

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.

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dogz

From dog + -z.

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doh

An anglicised spelling of do.

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doha

From Hindi दोहा (dohā).

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dohyo

Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).

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doily

From Doiley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The surname is Anglo-Norman, from d'Œuilly, name of several places in Calvados, from Old French oeil (“eye”).

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doina

Borrowed from Romanian doină.

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doing

See do.

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doink

Onomatopoeic; compare yoink.

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doit

Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite.

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doja

Possibly a variant of doobie (“a marijuana cigarette”).

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dojo

Borrowed from Japanese 道場 (dōjō, literally “place of the ways”). Doublet of dojang.

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dokha

From Arabic دَوْخَة (dawḵa, “dizziness”), in reference to the effects of its high nicotine content.

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doki

From the title of the game Doki Doki Literature Club!, itself from Japanese どき (doki, “sound of heartbeat”).

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doksa

From Ladakhi [Term?].

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dol

Clipping of Latin dolor (“sorrow, pain”). Doublet of dolor.

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dolce

From Italian dolce. Doublet of douce, doux, and dulce.

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dole

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut

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dolia

From Russian до́ля (dólja).

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doll

From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley

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dolla

Non-rhotic pronunciation of dollar.

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dolly

From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices. The Online Etymology Dictionary,

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dolma

From Greek ντολμάς (ntolmás) or its etymon, Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish طولمه (dolma), from طولمق (dolmak, “to get full, be filled”). Thus, the word literally means “stuffed thing”.

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dolo

Possibly a blend of down low or modelled on solo. It can also be an example of so called dunn lingo.

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dolos

Unknown. Possibly from dollen os

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dolt

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupi

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dolus

Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity.

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dom

Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.

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domal

Etymology tree English dome Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English domal From dome + -al.

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dome

Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Dou

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domed

From dome + -ed.

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domic

From dome + -ic.

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domme

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from dom + French -e (feminine suffix). The correct word in French is dominatrice.

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dommy

Etymology tree English dom Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dommy From dom (“a dominant”) + -y.

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dompt

Borrowed from French dompter (“to break in, tame (an animal); to subdue, suppress”), from Middle French dompter, from Old French donter, danter, from Latin domitāre, the present active infinitive of domitō (“to tame”), f

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domra

From Russian домра (domra).

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domus

Borrowed from Latin domus. Doublet of dome and duomo.

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domy

Etymology tree English dome Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English domy From dome + -y.

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don

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.? Proto-Italic *domVnos Latin dominusder. English don From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sici

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don't

From do + -n't. Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects does is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all.

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donat

From Middle English donet, from Old French, from Latin Donatus, a famous grammarian.

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donax

Borrowed from Latin donax (“reed; also a marine fish”), from Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax).

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done

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English

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donee

From donor + -ee (attested since 1523).

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donek

Etymology tree Ottoman Turkish دونك (dönek) Turkish dönekbor. English donek Borrowed from Turkish dönek.

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doner

Ellipsis of doner kebab.

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doney

Perhaps from Catalan dona or Spanish doña; perhaps introduced to England by sailors who had visited Spanish or Italian portshttp://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=54922&messages=35

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dong

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).

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donga

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòngà Zulu ū́dongábor. Afrikaans dongabor. English donga Borrowed from Afrikaans donga, borrowed from Zulu ū́dongá, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòngà.

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donk

Imitative. As a genre of music, coined or popularized by band Blackout Crew in their 2008 song "Put a Donk on it".

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donna

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

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donny

From don (“bloke, dude”) + -y.

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dono

Etymology tree English donation Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English dono From donation + -o.

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donor

From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

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donsu

Borrowed from Japanese 緞子.

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donut

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos Proto-Germanic *daigaz Proto-West Germanic *daig Old English dāg Middle English dogh English dough substrateder. Proto-Ge

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doo

1950s, from child speak.

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doob

Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.

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dooce

Respelling representing the pronunciation of deuce in an accent with yod dropping; for speakers with this kind of accent (such as the majority of American English speakers), this spelling would constitute eye dialect sin

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dood

Back-formation from dudhwallah, doodwallah (“milk-man”, literally “milk-ward”), reinterpreting the wallah of milk as a wallah of camels by dint of misremembrance of the Bengali word for “camel” which is উট (uṭ).

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doody

Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."

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doof

From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).

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doofi

From doofus + -i, humorously imitating Latin-derived forms such as radii.

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doofy

From doof + -y.

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doogh

Borrowed from Iranian Persian دوغ (duġ), from Classical Persian دوغ (dōġ).

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dooja

From an Aboriginal language.

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dook

Onomatopoeic.

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dooly

From Hindi डोली (ḍolī), from डोला (ḍolā, “litter”) + -ई (-ī, “forming diminutives”), from Sanskrit दोल (dōlā, “dangling cradle; litter”), from दुल् (dul, “to swing”). Compare andor from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola) via Por

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doom

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgemen

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doomy

Etymology tree English doom Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doomy From doom + -y.

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doon

See down.

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doona

Originally a product name, derived from Danish dyne /dyːnə/. Trademark owned by the Tontine Group.

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door

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *durz Proto-West Germanic *dur Old English duru Middle English dore English door From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”),

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doos

Borrowed from Afrikaans doos, from Dutch doos. Doublet of dose.

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doosh

Imitative.

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doot

By onomatopoeia, from Cantonese 嘟 (dut¹).

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doozy

Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited

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dop

From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare dīepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).

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dopa

Shortened from dihydroxyphenylalanine.

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dope

From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimatel

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doper

From dope (verb) + -er.

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dopey

Etymology tree English dope Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dopey From dope (“stupid person”) + -y.

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dor

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet

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dora

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-der. Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai Ancient Greek δέρκομαι (dérkomai) Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn)der. Latin dracōslbor. Old French dragonbor. Middle English dragoun English dragonbor.

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dorad

Compare French dorade.

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dord

Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”).

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dorea

From Hindi [Term?].

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dorf

In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.

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dorgi

Blend of dachshund + corgi.

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dork

First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has n

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dorko

From dork + -o.

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dorky

Etymology tree English dork Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dorky From dork + -y.

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dorp

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb- Proto-Indo-European *trab- Proto-Germanic *þurpą Proto-West Germanic *þorp Old Dutch thorp Middle Dutch dorp Dutch dorpbor. English dorp Borrowed from Dutch dorp, which see for m

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dors-

Combining form of Latin dorsum (“back”).

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dorse

Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).

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dort

From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin.

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doru

PIE word *dóru Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).

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dory

Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.

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dosa

From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

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dosai

Borrowed from Tamil தோசை (tōcai).

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dose

Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι

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dosel

Old French dossel.

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doser

From dose + -er.

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