Etymology — The Origins of English Words

Borrowed from Japanese 道(どう)着(ぎ) (dōgi).

From Medieval Latin doxologia, from Ancient Greek δοξολογία (doxología, “a praising”), from δοξολόγος (doxológos, “giving or uttering praise”), from δόξα (dóxa, “glory, honor, repute”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, expect”).

Probably from dog + -rel (“pejorative suffix”), akin to Dog Latin, late 14th c.

Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).

Variant of Doug

Compound of dill + weed. From Old English dili (“dill”).

From dog + sit.

From dick + slap.

Borrowed from Irish Domhnall. Doublet of Donald.

From Middle English disacorden, from Anglo-Norman desacorder.

From double + hearted.

From Latin domitō (“to tame”) + -able.

From douche + -wad.

From Middle English douthe, douth, duweðe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *dugunþu, *dugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“power, competency, notefulness, virtue”), from *duganą (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient”). Cognate with North Frisian døgd, døged (“ability, good deed”), Dutch deugd (“virtue”), German Tugend (“virtue”), Swedish dygd (“virtue”), Danish dyd (“virtue”), Icelandic dygð, dyggð (“virtue”). Related to dow, doughty.

The noun is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French dragme (modern French drachme), from Late Latin dragma. Doublet of dirham.

From dis- + avail.

From drink + -ery. ** Audio (Southern England): (file)

From Middle English disenheriten, equivalent to dis- + inherit.

Learned borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”).

From drippy + -ness.

From disaffect + -ion.

* dismantle + -ment

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dīvagātus, perfect active participle of dīvagor (“to wander here and there”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dis- (“in different direction”) + vagor (“to wander”). Cognate with French divaguer.