Etymology, English, Make
Etymology From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”). Cognate with Latin mācerō, macer, Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō), Scots mak (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Dutch maken (“to make”), Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”) and German Low…
Etymology, English, Endangered
Etymology From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian. Pronunciation (General American) IPA(key): /ənˈdeɪndʒɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ənˈdeɪndʒə/ Alternative forms endaunger (obsolete) indanger Verb endanger (third-person singular simple present endangers, present participle endangering, simple past and past participle endangered) (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger;…
Etymology, English, Danger
Etymology From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes. Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪn.dʒə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪndʒɚ/ Noun danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers) Exposure…
Etymology, English, Add
Etymology From Latin addō (“add, give unto”), from ad (“to”) + dō (“give”), and from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /æd/ Verb[edit] add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added) (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as…
Etymology, Latin, Dō
Etymology From Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”). The reduplication was lost in Latin in the present tense, but is preserved in the other Italic languages. A root aorist from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃t is preserved…