Etymology Explorer
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Where does “dēawian” come from?
dēawian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną — to bedew.
Ancestry of “dēawian”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
*dauwēn
—
2
Proto-Germanic
*dawwāną
to bedew
Words derived from “dēawian”
due
duty
duly
undue
unduly
dutiful
overdue
dutifully
dutiable
undutiful
duteous
dutifulness
undutifulness
dutybound
undutifully
duteously
dutied
unduteous
duebill
duteousness
dueness
undueness
nonduty
dutiless
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