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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word DAWN. Etymology of the word
DAWN.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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DAWN,
to become day. (E.) M.E. dawnen; but the
more usual form is dawen. 'Dawyn, idem est
quod Dayyn, dawnyn, or dayen, auroro;' Prompt. Parv.
p. 114. 'That in his bed ther daweth him no day;'
Chaucer, C. T. 1676; cf. l. 14600. We find daiening,
daigening, daning, = dawning; Genesis and Exodus. 77,
1808, 3264. β. The -n is a suffix, often added to verbs
to give them a neuter or passive signification; cf. Goth. fullnan,
to become full, from fulljan, to fill; Goth. gahailnan, to become
whole; and the like. The M.E. word is to be divided as daw-n-en, from the older
dawen. γ. The latter is the A.S. dagian, to dawn; Grein, i. 182; from the A.S.
dæg, day.
So G. tagen, to dawn, from tag, day. See Day. Der.
dawn, sb.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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