Etymology

dung

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Today it means: Manure; animal excrement. Full definition →

Middle English dung, dunge, donge ← Old English dung ← Proto-West Germanic *dungu
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dung · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰengʰ-“to cover”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dungō“dung”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dungu
  4. Old English · inherited fromdung“dung; excrement; manure”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromdung, dunge, donge
  6. English todaydung

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

dung · verb2

See ding

dung · verb3

unknown

dung · interjection4

Onomatopoeic.

Dung · proper noun5

  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromDung
  2. Vietnamese · borrowed fromDung
  3. English todayDung

Borrowed from Vietnamese Dung.

Dung · proper noun6

  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromDũng
  2. Vietnamese · borrowed fromDũng
  3. English todayDung

Borrowed from Vietnamese Dũng.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdung all →

dungeondingleDungworth

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