Where does “Dow” come from?
Dow comes from English David, from Hebrew דָּוִד, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ, from Proto-Indo-European roots dʰākʷ- and dʰegʷʰ-.
Ancestry of “Dow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | douen | To be helpful or beneficial; to have worthiness... |
| 2 | Old French | douer | to endow |
| 3 | Latin | doto | I endow |
| 4 | Latin | dōs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dōtis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃tis | giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |