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Where does “dingy” come from?

dingy (Middle English) comes from Old English dyncgiġ.

Ancestry of “dingy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdyncgiġ—

Words derived from “dingy”

  • dingy
  • dinginess
  • dinge
  • dingily
Every word from Old English dyncgiġ →