dudgeon

dudgeon · noun¹

1. Italian · borrowed fromaduggiare“to overshadow”
2. Welsh · derived fromdygen“anger, grudge”
3. English todaydudgeon

Uncertain: * Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below * Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this. * Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”). * Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.

dudgeon · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromdogeon
2. English todaydudgeon

From Middle English dogeon, apparently from Anglo-Norman or Middle French, but the ultimate origin is obscure. Compare French douve (“stave”).

Dudgeon · proper noun³

English and Scottish surname, perhaps related to the noun dudgeon (sense 1) (“kind of wood used in a hilt”). Or, from a diminutive of Dodge.