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English word origin

Etymology of 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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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish, Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dør (“door”), Swedish dörr (“door”), Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”), Asturian, Aragonese and Spanish fuera (“outside”), Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”), French hors (“outside”), Galician fóra (“outside”), Italian fuori (“outside”), Mirandese fuora (“outside”), Latin foris and foras (“outside”), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë (“door”), Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge, “door”), Northern Kurdish derî (“door”), Persian در (dar, “door”), Belarusian дзве́ры (dzvjéry, “door”), Bulgarian две́ри (dvéri, “royal doors”), Czech dveře (“door”), Latvian durvis (“door”), Lithuanian durys (“door”), Macedonian двер (dver, “door”), Polish drzwi (“door”), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Serbo-Croatian dvȇri (“door”), dvar (“door”), Ukrainian две́рі (dvéri, “door”), Hindi द्वार (dvār, “door”), Armenian դուռ (duṙ, “door”), Irish doras (“door”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra, “door”). Despite similarities in spelling, not cognate with Dutch door, which is instead cognate with English through.

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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "mk",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "ru",
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      "expansion": "Russian дверь (dverʹ)"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Irish doras (“door”)"
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. · A building with a door, especially a house. · Any flap, etc., that opens like a door. · An entry point.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish, Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dør (“door”), Swedish dörr (“door”), Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”), Asturian, Aragonese and Spanish fuera (“outside”), Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”), French hors (“outside”), Galician fóra (“outside”), Italian fuori (“outside”), Mirandese fuora (“outside”), Latin foris and foras (“outside”), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë (“door”), Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge, “door”), Northern Kurdish derî (“door”), Persian در (dar, “door”), Belarusian дзве́ры (dzvjéry, “door”), Bulgarian две́ри (dvéri, “royal doors”), Czech dveře (“door”), Latvian durvis (“door”), Lithuanian durys (“door”), Macedonian двер (dver, “door”), Polish drzwi (“door”), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Serbo-Croatian dvȇri (“door”), dvar (“door”), Ukrainian две́рі (dvéri, “door”), Hindi द्वार (dvār, “door”), Armenian դուռ (duṙ, “door”), Irish doras (“door”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra, “door”). Despite similarities in spelling, not cognate with Dutch door, which is instead cognate with English through.

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      "expansion": "Middle English dore"
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    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old English duru (“door”)"
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    {
      "name": "inh",
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dur"
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    {
      "name": "inh",
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      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
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        "3": "*dʰwṓr"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr"
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    {
      "name": "col-top",
      "args": {
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        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "door",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots door (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Doore",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "doar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian doar (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "deur",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch deur (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Door"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Door"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Tür",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "German Tür (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "da,nrn,nb,nn",
        "2": "dør",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish, Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dør (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "dörr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish dörr (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fo,is",
        "2": "dyr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "an,es",
        "2": "fuera",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Aragonese and Spanish fuera (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ca,roa-leo,pt",
        "2": "fora",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "hors",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "French hors (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "fóra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician fóra (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fuori",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian fuori (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl",
        "2": "fuora",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese fuora (“outside”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "foris"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin foris"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "θύρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "derë",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian derë (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "دەرگە",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "derî",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish derî (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "در",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door",
        "tr": "dar"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian در (dar, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "дзве́ры",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian дзве́ры (dzvjéry, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "две́ри",
        "3": "",
        "4": "royal doors"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian две́ри (dvéri, “royal doors”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "dveře",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech dveře (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "durvis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian durvis (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "durys",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian durys (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mk",
        "2": "двер",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Macedonian двер (dver, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "drzwi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish drzwi (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "дверь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian дверь (dverʹ)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "dvȇri",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian dvȇri (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "две́рі",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian две́рі (dvéri, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "द्वार",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi द्वार (dvār, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "դուռ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian դուռ (duṙ, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "doras",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish doras (“door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "द्वार",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra, “door”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ncog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "door"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch door"
    },
    {
      "name": "ety",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:dore<id:door>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der.\nProto-Germanic *durz\nProto-West Germanic *dur\nOld English duru\nMiddle English dore\nEnglish door"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰwer-#Proto-Indo-European:_door"
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      "*durz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/durz#Proto-Germanic:_door"
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      "*dur",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dur"
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      "dore",
      "dore#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "dor",
      "dor#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "duru",
      "duru#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "dor",
      "dor#Old_English"
    ],
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      "*dur",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dur"
    ],
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      "*durz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/durz"
    ],
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      "*dʰwṓr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰwṓr"
    ],
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      "*dʰwer-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰwer-"
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      "door",
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    ],
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      "Doore#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
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      "doar#West_Frisian"
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      "deur",
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    ],
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      "Door#Low_German"
    ],
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      "Döör",
      "Döör#Low_German"
    ],
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      "Tür#German"
    ],
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      "Tor",
      "Tor#German"
    ],
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      "Danish",
      "dør#Danish"
    ],
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      "dør#Norwegian_Bokmål"
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    ],
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      "dyr",
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    ],
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      "Catalan",
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    ],
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      "Leonese",
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    ],
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      "fora",
      "fora#Portuguese"
    ],
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      "hors",
      "hors#French"
    ],
    [
      "fóra",
      "fóra#Galician"
    ],
    [
      "fuori",
      "fuori#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "fuora",
      "fuora#Mirandese"
    ],
    [
      "foris",
      "foris#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "foras",
      "foras#Latin"
    ],
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      "θύρα",
      "θύρα#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
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      "derë",
      "derë#Albanian"
    ],
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      "دەرگە",
      "دەرگە#Central_Kurdish"
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    ],
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      "در",
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      "дзве́ры",
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      "две́ри",
      "двери#Bulgarian"
    ],
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      "dveře",
      "dveře#Czech"
    ],
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      "durvis",
      "durvis#Latvian"
    ],
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      "durys",
      "durys#Lithuanian"
    ],
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      "двер",
      "двер#Macedonian"
    ],
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      "drzwi",
      "drzwi#Polish"
    ],
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      "дверь",
      "дверь#Russian"
    ],
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      "dvȇri",
      "dveri#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
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      "dvar",
      "dvar#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
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      "две́рі",
      "двері#Ukrainian"
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      "द्वार",
      "द्वार#Hindi"
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      "դուռ#Armenian"
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      "en#English"
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        "A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.",
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