Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc. · Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder. · Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths. · Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down.
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- Root classification mention*dʰewh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondustenm
- Inherited-form mentiondūstang
- Inherited-form mention*dustągem-pro
- Derivation mention*dʰewh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiondustsco
- Cognate mentionduistnl
- Cognate mentionDustde
- Cognate mentiondustsv
- Cognate mentiondustis
- Cognate mentionfūmusla
- Cognate mentiondunsv
- Cognate mentiondúnnis
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