Where does “loaded dice” come from?
loaded dice (English) comes from English dice, from Middle English dees, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
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Ancestry of “loaded dice”, step by step
loaded dice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dice | Gaming with one or more dice; A die; That which... |
| 2 | Middle English | dees | Alternative form of deis; plural of dee; Synonym... |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English loaded
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | loaded | simple past tense and past participle of load;... |
| 2 | English | load | A burden; a weight to be carried; A worry or... |
| 3 | Middle English | lode | guide |
| 4 | Old English | lād | course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *laidu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laidō | a leading; a way, course, route, direction |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyt- | to scratch; to leave, die; to go, go forth, die |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |