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Where does “dona” come from?

dona (Irish) comes from Old Irish donae, from Proto-Celtic dognawos.

dona (Irish): unfortunate, unlucky; bad, poor, wretched, ill

Definitions

  1. unfortunate, unlucky; bad, poor, wretched, ill

Ancestry of “dona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdonae—
2Proto-Celticdognawos—

Words derived from “dona”

  • donaigh
  • donaire
  • donacht
  • donán
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