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Where does “dam” come from?

dam (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French jeu de dames — draughts; checkers; box containing checkers and a...

dam (Norwegian Nynorsk): a pond; a dam; the game of checkers or draughts

Definitions

  1. a pond; a dam; the game of checkers or draughts

Ancestry of “dam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjeu de damesdraughts; checkers; box containing checkers and a...
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