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