Where does “dolly” come from?
Dolly is a diminutive of doll, which derives from the English name Doll, a pet form of Dorothy, ultimately from Latin -ia and -ivus suffixes traced to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
dolly (English): A doll; A contrivance for stirring; A tool with...
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- A doll; A contrivance for stirring; A tool with...
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