Etymology

dead

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Today it means: No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.) Full definition →

Middle English ded ← Old English dēad ← Proto-West Germanic *daud
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*daudaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*daud
  3. Old English · inherited fromdēad
  4. Middle English · inherited fromded
  5. English todaydead

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död.

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