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Where does “dam” come from?

dam (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

Ancestry of “dam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdammazdam

Words derived from “dam”

  • dam
  • dame
  • dan
  • cofferdam
  • stepdame
  • undam
  • antidam
  • schooldame
  • damlike
  • damburst
  • damehood
  • dammable
  • dambuster
  • undammable
  • dammeth
  • damsire
  • dames
  • damewort
  • dameship
  • damside
  • damely
  • gravity dam
  • dammest
  • damo
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