Etymology

updo

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Today it means: A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck. Full definition →

English do ← Middle English don ← Old English dōn
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The story

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  6. Proto-Germanic*dōną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*dōn
  8. Old Englishdōn
  9. Middle Englishdon
  10. Englishdo
  11. English todayupdo

From up- + do.

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