die

die · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dawjaną“to die”
2. Old Norse · derived fromdeyja
3. Middle English · inherited fromdeyen
4. English todaydie

From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

die · noun, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deh₃-“to lay out, to spread out”
2. Latin · derived fromdatum
3. Old French · derived fromde
4. Middle English · inherited fromdee
5. English todaydie

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

die · noun, verb³

Variant spelling.

die · adverb⁴

1. Latin · derived fromdies“day”
2. Latin · borrowed fromdie“[in a] day”
3. English todaydie

Borrowed from Latin die (“[in a] day”), locative of Latin dies (“day”).

DIE · noun⁵

A jocular rearrangement of DEI, implying that such criteria will lead to a highly disastrous result.

Words from the same roots