dight
English
/daɪt/, [dʌɪt]
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To deal with, handle.
- (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (obsolete) To dispose, put (in a given state or condition).
- (obsolete) To compose, make.
- (archaic) To be formed or composed (of).
- (archaic) To furnish, equip.
- (archaic) To dress, array; to adorn.
- (archaic) To make ready, prepare.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dighten inherited from Old English dihtan inherited from Proto-Germanic *dihtōną (compose, invent), *dīkaną (create, arrange, perform) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeyǵ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adight English
- bedight English
- dighter English
- misdight English
- overdight English
- undight English
- dictāre Latin
- Dichtband German
- Dichtkunst German
- Dichtung German
- abdichten German
- dichten German
- nachdichten German
- dettare Italian
- dicter French
- dictar Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- ditar Portuguese
- *dihtōną Proto-Germanic
- *dīkaną Proto-Germanic
- adihtan Old English
- dihtan Old English
- dihtian Old English
- adihten Middle English
- bedighten Middle English
- dighten Middle English
- ditie Old French
- dictar Catalan, Valencian
- ditar Galician
- tihten Middle High German