Etymology

dor

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Today it means: Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying. Full definition →

Middle English dorre ← Old English dora ← Proto-West Germanic *dorō
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dor · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰer-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*durô“bumblebee, humming insect”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dorō
  4. Old English · inherited fromdora“humming insect”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromdorre
  6. English todaydor

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

dor · noun2

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*dʰer- all →

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