Etymology

dovish

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Today it means: Pertaining to a dove; dove-like. Full definition →

English dove ← Middle English douve ← Old English *dūfe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*dūbaną?
  3. Proto-Germanic*dūbǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dūbā
  5. Old English*dūfe
  6. Middle Englishdouve
  7. Englishdove
  8. English todaydovish

From dove + -ish.

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