Where does “donee” come from?

Donee derives from English donor with the French suffix -é, from Old French doneur, from Latin -atus participle suffix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós.

donee (English): Someone who receives a gift from a donor

Definitions

Someone who receives a gift from a donor

Ancestry of “donee”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	donor	One who makes a donation; A group or molecule...
2	Middle English	donoure	—
3	Anglo-Norman	donour	—
4	Old French	doneur	—

Words derived from “donee”

Every word from Old French doneur →Every word from Anglo-Norman donour →Every word from Middle English donoure →