dought

İngilizce - İngilizce

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(collectively) men, people

a company, army, retinue

manhood, virtue

virility, manly power or strength; excellence

Alternative past tense form of dow

the age of manhood, maturity

Etimoloji

[ 'dau ] (intransitive verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English duȝethe, duhethe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō, *dugunþiz (“power, competency, notefulness”), from Proto-Germanic base *dug-, *daug- (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheughe- (“to be ready, be sufficient”). Cognate with Old Frisian duged (“power”), Old High German tugad, tugund (“virtue”), German Tugend, Swedish dygd. Related to dow, doughty.