Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A negative aspect; a downer, a downside. · A grudge (on someone). · A downer, depressant. · An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. · To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower. · At a lower or further place or position along a set path. · To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. · Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.). · To lower; to put (something) down. · To defeat; to overpower.
Facing downwards. · At a lower level than before. · Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low. · Sick or ill.
From the higher end to the lower of. · From north to south of. · Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of. · From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
Etymology tree Old English of- Proto-Germanic *dūnaz? Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnomder.? Proto-West Germanic *dūnā Old English dūne Old English ofdūne Old English adūne Old English dūne Middle English doun English down From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”).
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