Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An action or act; something that is done. · A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit. · Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation. · A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
To transfer real property by deed.
From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. Doublet of thesis. The real estate sense derives from the fact that property deeds are traditionally used to demonstrate proof of ownership of a legal title in common law jurisdictions, such as England & Wales and most of the United States. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Low German Daad, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “setting, arrangement”).
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- Root classification mention*dʰeh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondedeenm
- Inherited-form mentiondēdang
- Inherited-form mention*dādigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dēdizgem-pro · deed
- Inherited-form mention*dʰéh₁tisine-pro · deed, action
- Doublet mentionthesisen
- Cognate mentiondiedfy
- Cognate mentiondaadnl
- Cognate mentionTatde · deed, action
- Cognate mentiondådda · act, action
- Cognate mentionθέσιςgrc · setting, arrangement
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