Etymology

Dore

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Today it means: A diminutive of the male given name Isidore. Full definition →

Old French doré
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdoré“golden”
  2. English todayDore

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghrá, from dubh + grá). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchdoré all →

dorey

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.