Etymology

downtrend

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Today it means: Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value. Full definition →

English trend ← Middle English trenden ← Old English trendan
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The story

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  3. Old Englishtrendan
  4. Middle Englishtrenden
  5. Englishtrend
  6. English todaydowntrend

From down- + trend.

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