Etymology

digne

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Today it means: worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable. Full definition →

Middle English digne ← Old French digne ← Latin dignus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdignus
  2. Old French · derived fromdigne
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdigne
  4. English todaydigne

Inherited from Middle English digne, from Old French digne, from Latin dignus.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchdigne all →

dine

Latindignus all →

dine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.