Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prep
Down.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
From Middle English adoun, from Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”) (compare Latin ad vallum > Old French à val, used in the same way).
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